[Fmpro] new member

[leshurdle]

Why stop at US rates........... note what the Board of PRS have cone  
to destroy some folks income.

L

On Jul 4, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Mark Northam wrote:

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