[Fmpro] 50mil TV show downloads, 1.3mil movie downloads, zero composer royalties

[Les Hurdle]

Recent language from the UK indicates NO performing
right on a download, so i think we can kiss that lot
goodbye.

Hate to be cynical.. staff get paid whether they look
out for us or not.

If they were paid by results !!  A Hah !!!

They are not, so could care less.

Ride the ship under the waves

L

--- Mark Northam <mark at gmdgroup.com> wrote:

> The key issue is whether or not a download of a TV
> show or film includes a
> performing right. If it does, then composers should
> receive royalties. If
> not, they may not in work-for-hire situations. In my
> opinion ASCAP and the
> other PROs ought to be fighting loud and hard to win
> this battle if it can
> be won.
> 
> Regarding theatrical releases, ASCAP's
> well-documented attempt to triple the
> seat tax charged to movie theatres in the 1940s led
> to the Alden Rochelle v.
> ASCAP court decision that prevented ASCAP from
> collecting these royalties
> which it had previously collected. ASCAP amazingly
> agreed to continue this
> prohibition in the AFJ2 agreement which went into
> effect in September 2001.
> 
> It's actions like that that make me really wonder
> how much ASCAP values
> score music, and makes me wonder how hard they're
> really fighting for
> performance royalties for audiovisual downloads
> (film/TV).
> 
> Mark Northam
> 
> 
> On 1/9/07 1:25 PM, "kirbyko3 at aol.com"
> <kirbyko3 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > Not that I wouldn't looooove to get royalties from
> tv/movie downloads, but if
> > you do a score as a work for hire, which would
> encompass DVD/homevid
> > distribution, why would the download of a TV show
> or movie be any different
> > from the sale of a DVD, for which a composer gets
> no additional royalties?  To
> > my knowledge, composers on those projects are just
> asking for more $$ upfront
> > to encompass those rights.
> >  
> > I guess the point is, if ASCAP and BMI aren't
> paying us anything for a
> > theatrical release or a DVD sale, why would anyone
> expect to receive $$ from
> > an iTunes download of a TV show that one scored?
> >  
> > Kerry
> 
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