[Fmpro] CBS Sunday Morning

[Les Hurdle]

But how is he or George to be paid?

LH


On Oct 16, 2006, at 7:25 AM, James Ryan wrote:

> This guy is huge in Hawaii.  I was there this summer, and asked a music
> store about who the hot artists were.  This was the name that came up. 
>  He
> was touring (I believe) with Bella Fleck at the time.  Totally amazing
> player.
>
> As for Uke coming back, it never left in Hawaii.  In the music stores, 
> you
> see Strats, Gibsons, a few basses, and WALLS of every imaginable kind 
> of
> uke.  Pretty funny.
>
> James
>
>
>
> On 10/16/06 3:45 AM, "Pete" <musical411 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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