[Fmpro] Global Competition-Mech's

[LesHurdle]

MN is correct... guess what, all those EU broadcast mechanicals you  
are not being paid now  [approx 1/3 of your income] would be paid  
automatically to you.

Maybe another reason to consider other affiliations [even if you do  
stay with a US PRO for local Perf income] is the mech right in a  
download??

Consider this......... allegedly, EU PRO's are going to pay  
performing rights via downloads............  how will you know you  
are entitled, even if paid via a US PRO, how do you know it would be  
correct?

Allegedly there is a hybrid right in place  in the EU............  
what is it, will your US PRO tell you?

We need new brooms from the top down in the USA.......... shake off  
that old musty dust or head East young man.

L

On Dec 2, 2007, at 3:11 PM, Mark Northam wrote:

>
> One other advantage of having a Euro PRO as your primary PRO is  
> collection
> of mechanicals. In Europe most PROs have sister mechanical  
> societies (MROs)
> who collect all types of mechanical royalties worldwide. Being a  
> member of a
> Euro MRO is a great way to enhance your ability to collect  
> Mechanicals,
> especially if you do a lot of work with smaller or midsize  
> publishers (or
> self-publish). Rather than hoping the publisher collects from the  
> foreign
> MRO and decides to pay you, you can get paid directly in many cases  
> from the
> foreign MRO and avoid those pesky "admin" charges to publishers  
> love to
> charge writers...
>
> Mark N.
> ---------------------------------
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> Global Media Development Group
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