[Fmpro] 'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters ???

[Dana from Serious Vanity Music]

> ASCAP has certainly shown me *nothing* that indicates I'll ever see a
> single dime for anything played/downloaded over the internet. Where does
> this "collected" money end up?

I've seen so much talk about this over the past few weeks, and this is main 
issue for me, as well.  Bottom line!

I know a lot of people in the indie music world feel threatened by the 
potential loss of internet radio as an outlet, and many are willing to 
completely opt-out of receiving any payment at all to keep that from 
happening.  That is NOT the outcome that any PRO should want, let alone what 
that does to devalue the rest of us who just want to be paid fairly for 
usage and plays!

Members of PROs who don't feel like they'll either receive payments or 
they'll be enough to "matter", won't fight, argue, or stand up.

A fair weighting and dispersement system that a PRO can willingly and openly 
release the details of to its members would solve all of these problems and 
confusion, no?

This conversation, from another mailing list I'm on, is getting more and 
more common, and will affect us all.  I didn't bother replying to the thread 
myself, as I don't know how I can possibly convince anyone differently if 
they're saying "I don't care".  But how to keep that attitude from 
spreading?

Person A:  >  I recently withdrew all my songs from my PRO. I get more 
licensing
>  opportunities than radio play, so going PRO-less cleared away any
>  confusion over what agreements I could enter into. I won't get airplay
>  royalties, but seeing as I haven't earned any since, oh, 1993, I doubt
>  I'll miss them.

Person B:  > Just out of curiousity, how do you collect royalties from your 
TV
> licensing opportunities ?

Person A:  >I don't. Most of the deals I've done are things like training 
videos,
>podcast theme music, short films, etc. -- projects that aren't going to
>see widespread distribution or broadcast. I might be entitled to some
>performance money -- but I don't care.  I can foresee a time when I'll 
>rejoin the PRO system, but right >now it's just complicating things.


Dana Detrick-Clark
Serious Vanity Music: http://www.seriousvanity.com
The Anatomy of an Album: http://album-anatomy.livejournal.com
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From: "Les Mizzell" <lesmizz at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:08 AM
Subject: [Fmpro] 'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters ???


> 'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6562823.stm
>
>
>
> ...and what I wanna know, if somebody is collecting those fees
> (SoundExchange), where are the going and what the hell will I have to do
> to get my share?
>
> ASCAP has certainly shown me *nothing* that indicates I'll ever see a
> single dime for anything played/downloaded over the internet. Where does
> this "collected" money end up?
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