[Fmpro] PLease do not ignore

[James Ryan]

I'm talking UK.  Although CNBC's main broadcast center is in the USA, they
also broadcast out of the UK for Europe, Singapore for Asia, and a bunch of
other places worldwide.  PRS is collecting for me in all but the USA.  That
is my money we're talking about, but what is the 505 you mention?

I received this email from PRS:

"Music on TV - Changes to PRS distribution policy from July

    From July, we¹re changing the way our TV distribution policy works.
    We are introducing a new prime-time weighting for broadcasts of
    music on TV between the hours of 1800 and 2359. The per minute
    cash value of your music on TV has been falling over the last few years
    due to increased music usage. This new policy is being phased in over
    the next three years to prevent the overall value of your music falling
further.²

Not sure how they figure they¹re preventing the overall value of my music
from falling.  They¹re in fact precipitating the fall.

James


On 4/10/07 6:49 PM, "Les Hurdle" <leshurdle101 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Are we talking UK or USA?
> 
> It's the UK who want to reduce YOUR money by 505 !
> 
> L
> 
> 
> --- James Ryan <jeryan at optonline.net> wrote:
> 
>> They're also dead wrong in the case of financial
>> programs like CNBC and
>> Bloomberg, whose prime audiences are daytime viewers
>> keeping track of the
>> stock market.  I know for a fact that CNBC's
>> viewership drops off
>> drastically shortly after the stock market closes at
>> 4PM (got a view of the
>> Neilsons), and their evening and weekend viewership
>> is a fraction of their
>> daytime viewership.  Converting this type of program
>> to a "prime time" boost
>> would be rewarding shows that have very light
>> Neilsons, and punishing the
>> shows that have vast international viewership during
>> the DAY.
>> 
>> James 
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/10/07 5:54 PM, "Mark Northam"
>> <mnortham at gmdgroup.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I see no reason why not to, if your music is or
>> ever will be aired in the UK
>>> and you have an interest in your own royalty
>> income.
>>> 
>>> I for one and getting sick and tired of the PROs
>> positioning themselves as
>>> omnipotent authorities when it comes to the value
>> of music. These kinds of
>>> arbitrary rate changes, not to mention the HUGE
>> rate differences between
>>> score and song arbitrarily assigned by the US PROs
>> at the behest of the
>>> songwriters and their publishers, are nothing more
>> than politically
>>> motivated money-grabs.
>>> 
>>> And it's OUR (score compsoers') money they're
>> grabbing.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> Mark Northam 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 4/10/07 2:46 PM, "Sean Jackson"
>> <sean at shunkydave.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> So are you saying we should ALL respond to this
>> petition?
>>>> 
>>>> --Sean
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Mark Northam wrote:
>>>>> Hi All -
>>>>> 
>>>>> It doesn't matter if you're a PRS member or not!
>> If your music is or will be
>>>>> (or may be!) played in England, regardless of
>> your own nationality, you will
>>>>> be affected by these royalty rate cuts.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mark Northam
>>>>> 
>>>>>   
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