[Fmpro] Canada & Copyright

[leshurdle]

I still don't fully understand the Canadian broadcasters payment  
plan...........  hello Canada.... does the broadcaster pay for the  
music used in jingles?

Can someone up there call the Canadian copyright office and ask please?

L

On Aug 14, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Mark Northam wrote:

> On 8/14/07 7:06 PM, "leshurdle" <leshurdle at avradionet.com> wrote:
> (quoting another)
>> We
>> tried, tried and tried, but the major publisher members of CAPAC
>> repeatedly voted us down with the argument that all "jingles" were
>> commissioned and writers received a large upfront fee and were also
>> part of AF of M residuals.
>
>
> The dangerous part of this kind of reasoning is that the true is  
> same for
> any top film score.
>
> I'll say it again - for any performing rights society to take over  
> 50% of
> the performances on TV and deem them worthless (or all but  
> worthless) sets a
> very dangerous precedent.
>
> Societies deeming them worthless, and then granting a blanket  
> license that
> permits the performances for free, thus preventing the writers from  
> going
> after license fees themselves, is nothing short of sanctioning free  
> music
> performances by hugely profitable companies (broadcasters) and  
> insulating
> those hugely profitable companies from any legal action from the  
> members of
> the society.
>
> Strange, but I thought free music performances were something  
> societies were
> in the business of preventing, not encouraging and providing legal
> protection for!
>
>
> Absolutely amazing.
>
> Mark Northam
>
>
>
>
>
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