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[Mark Northam]

Hi Jonathan -

It's called The Royalty Report and it's still being put together.
Unfortunately, all three PROs believe that writers are better off NOT
knowing (publicly) their royalty rates, so they've declined to release them
to us. We've had to turn to other sources for the rates, and hope to have
the report out sometime this fall.

It appears that we have little choice but to drag these organizations,
kicking and screaming, into the public light of accountability and
transparency when it comes to publishing their rates... If they would simply
release them to us (they're not a secret after all - they're on every
royalty statement!) the overall cost of the report would go way, way down
and we could publish it quarterly with complete coverage in the rate
comparison section.

The report will also feature qualitative differences between the PROs such
as member benefits, electronic payment, etc.

Best,

Mark Northam
Film Music Magazine




On 7/4/07 2:55 PM, "Jonathan F Cazenave" <jcaz at jcazmusic.com> wrote:

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>    Hi everyone,
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>    I remember waaay back, someone mentioned a document that was being put
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>    that would nutshell the pros and cons of the PROS (ASCAP vs BMI)
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>    Did this ever see the light of day? Did I miss it on the website?
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>    Thanks-
>    Jonathan Cazenave
>    Composer
>    Film-TV-Multimedia
>    770.598.9699