[Fmpro] ASCAP and Foreign Royalty Fee Disclosure

[Mark Northam]

Hard to know who to trust... We're dealing with an international consortium
of organizations who operate with arrogance and impunity, ignore the most
basic expectations of a democratic system (like disclosing vote counts in
elections), and have banded together and made it all but impossible for
members to confirm that what they were paid.

No wonder they don't want composers to (effectively) organize...

Best,

Mark Northam



On 6/4/07 9:07 AM, "Les Mizzell" <lesmizz at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 
>> Imagine, a network of organizations collectively handling billions of dollars
>> of
>> payment for others annually, where no disclosure or accounting is made to
>> the members on statements of the charges or fees charged by the
>> organizations, plus, they band together to make sure members cannot verify
>> the correct amounts paid by limiting member contact to the "home"
>> organization even when the money comes from abroad.
> 
> 
> Time for a class action lawsuit requesting full disclosure?
> Congressional investigation? (...like I trust my freaking government)
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