[Fmpro] Broadcast Mechanical Royalties

[Scott Szabo]

Les, 

I want to make sure I understand what you are saying about Broadcast
Mechanicals (I own a great deal of the music I produce). Example: are
telling us that when Desilu Productions sells Star Trek (the original series
from the 60s) in syndication to TV Land, that the owner of the show (Desilu
or its designee) has to pay a mechanical royalty to the publisher (XYZ Pub)
of the music score every time it gets resold to different stations? Then TV
Land pays ASCAP or BMI a performance royalty for the broadcast? ASCAP and
BMI then pay the publisher and writer but Desilu only has to pay the
publisher (copyright holder of the score)?

If I understand this correctly, by what mechanism do you collect your
broadcast mechanicals? Are you paid a percentage of the gross sale or a
fixed rate per episode? By the minute of music? How do you handle the
accounting with the Production companies that use your music? Is this
something you handle personally or do you have a staff?


Scott Szabo
Szabo Sound & Music
2400 Central Parkway, Suite C
Houston, TX 77092
713-956-7451
www.szabosoundandmusic.com

-----Original Message-----
From: fmpro-bounces+scott=szabosoundandmusic.com at nxport.com
[mailto:fmpro-bounces+scott=szabosoundandmusic.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of
Les Hurdle
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:46 AM
To: fmpro at nxport.com
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] RIGHTS [again ;-( ] FMPRO Digest, Vol 19, Issue 26

How many people on this list are paid Broadcast Mechanicals............ 
last time i asked, not one reply !!

How many are paid performers royalties.

If you aren't, then either you don't qualify or you don't understand 
the business you are in.

Which is it?

L

On Nov 27, 2006, at 7:45 PM, flight007 at aol.com wrote:

> So do I !!  It's up to you to make sure it doesn't happen to you!
>
> Vic Flick
How do you know your product has been downloaded?
How do you know you should be paid?

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