[Fmpro] CBS Sunday Morning

[Pete]

Check out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9mEKMz2Pvo

Somehow, I feel the world is a better place having
this video than not having it. It's just a shame with
all his talent he hasn't made enough money to buy a
bigger guitar by now.

That's not to say that we shouldn't be compensated for
our creative contributions to a successful business
model.

P e t e 
S u r d o v a l

--- Mark Northam <mark at gmdgroup.com> wrote:

> If YouTube is considered streaming, ASCAP/BMI/SESAC
> should be screaming
> about it. Instead, silence. Let the publishers and
> the labels make the
> deals, I suppose, is the thinking.
> 
> Why aren't the PRO's way out in front of this stuff?
>  Why aren't we seeing
> news stories about how the PROs are protecting their
> members and demanding
> that all these streaming services either pay a
> download or face lawsuits?
> Instead, we hear about some minor nightclub owner
> facing the wrath of ASCAP
> over a few Bob Marley song and watch ASCAP spend
> what must be 100s of
> thousands of dollars to prove that music with live
> vocals (Peter Myers') is
> not actually a vocal performance. One must wonder
> who is setting the
> priorities down at ASCAP, and that falls directly on
> the shoulders of Senior
> Mgmt and the Board of Directors.
> 
> Compared to the losses to writers from
> downloads/streaming, no performance
> royalties for movie theatres, the nightclub stuff is
> truly insignificant.
> 
> My guess: the publishers run the PROs, and if the
> publishers want to make a
> special deal, they'll make sure the PROs remain
> waiting in the wings. If a
> cause doesn't serve the interests of the publishers,
> the PROs sit on their
> hands. Amazing. Only underscores the need for NEW
> board members at ASCAP to
> start doing something other than the publishers'
> bidding.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Mark Northam
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/15/06 3:02 PM, "Les Hurdle"
> <leshurdle101 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > Don't know how many of you good folk get up early
> on a Sunday morning,
> > but for me the prog.  'Sunday Morning' today was
> of interest.
> > 
> > So, Google buys YOUTUBE for about $1.6B.
> > Glossed over was the fact CBS, Sony, BMG have
> worked out licensing
> > deals with 'YOUTUBE".. why only mention those
> three???
> > 
> > Seriously, how will you be paid for the movie clip
> or tv show with your
> > music in it, how about the song?
> > Is YOUTUBE a broadcast, a stream, a download, a
> hybrid right..........
> > something new?
> > 
> > How will that expensive Watermark, Mediaguide,
> Shazam process work for
> > you [snigger]?
> > 
> > Just suppose YOUTUBE is to be the way of the
> future, allegedly one of
> > the vids has been downloaded [they used the D
> word] 30 million times,
> > hmmmmm they know this, does you PRO know, your
> publisher?
> > 
> > Who will tell CBS et al the music they licensed
> was yours?????
> > 
> > How will CBS et al know who to pay out of the
> license money they
> > receive?
> > 
> > How about in your neck of the woods, not just the
> USA?
> > 
> > I am I getting this all wrong, as some political
> folk on this list
> > accused me of 10 years ago re downloads and
> publishers who cream off
> > the mechanical royalty..............  watch out
> for those rosy WFH
> > deals !!!
> > 
> > LesH

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