[Fmpro] Downloads>> Euro Folks Please Respond

[leshurdle]

How are you folks in the EU able to track your product [compositions]  
when it has been downloaded?
E.G. if a tv show or movie is downloaded somewhere on the planet and  
it contains your music.... how do you know?
How do you know you should be paid?
How do you know how much you should be paid?

Beware..........  when the PRO's who only deal with the performing  
right are somewhat reduced because the delivery of 'product' will be  
deemed to be a download and only the mechanical right  
remains**.......... what checks and balances are in place in the EU  
for you folks to cross check usage and payment?

There is nothing in the USA.... publishers or Harry Fox will have  
complete control and  you wont even know you are enetitled to any  
money at all.

Hence

how do you know your composition has been downloaded?
How do you know you should be paid?
How do you know how much you should be paid?

Perhaps you should cut n paste the 3 lines above and use it with all  
emailed correspondence... hopefully to awaken a few composers from  
their PRO [everything is ok] slumbers.

L

** What is the state of HYBRID Rights in the EU at this time.



On Aug 2, 2007, at 8:41 PM, leshurdle wrote:

>
> On Aug 2, 2007, at 9:56 AM, Mark Northam wrote:
>
>> 2. When you receive royalties from countries other than your home
>> PRO, is
>> the actual amount paid to your home PRO listed on your statement,
>> or only
>> the amount after your home PRO has deducted whatever fees and
>> charges it
>> decides to deduct.
>
>
> I would like to know if any EU composer ever see's a statement from
> their PRO..... or their mechanical rights society....... or Publisher
> statements, when the gross amount of income is listed.
>
> NO, you can't work it back since you do not know who 'shaved' what %
> off of where.
>
> If you folks don't know the gross amount........ and we certainly
> don't in the USA....... maybe it is time to start asking questions !!
>
> Sadly I have just learned PRS is not as honest as I had been led to
> believe........ huge arrogance, many errors, certainly in the Asian-
> Indian market [Bollywood etc]..........
>
> Could it be we are faced with an entire accounting system which is
> corrupt?
>
> L
>
>
>
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