[Fmpro] For Lynne Simple Hello

[leshurdle]

So Lynne.......... do you consider all 'composers' to be songwriters?

les

On May 6, 2007, at 1:13 AM, Lynne T. Conte wrote:

> Joel,
>
> More information that I researched:
>
> "A  music publisher deals in the marketing and commercial  
> exploitation of
> songs. Originally, the term referred to publishers of
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_music>sheet
> music, but this has changed largely over the years, and today's music
> publishers rarely deal with printed music or scores. (Those who do  
> have come
> to be known as "music print publishers".) Music publishers  
> regularly handle
> and control the rights to transcriptions and uses of musical works,  
> and act
> on behalf of  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter>songwriters in
> matters of distributing royalties and protection against
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright>copyright
> infringement."
>
> Musically Yours,
>
> Lynne/Talent Manager
> Conte's Networking Communications
>
> On 5/5/07, onephatcat at earthlink.net <onephatcat at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> short of a "total information awareness" 1984 scenario, there is  
>> no way to
>> know beyond a certain level. Many groups would like to know every  
>> time you
>> play a song on your computer or cd player, and some software  
>> actually tracks
>> this info and sends it back to the mothership, enabling marketing  
>> people to
>> target content to you based on your listening habits. In Itunes,  
>> this is
>> optional. (if you don't like it, don't turn on the Ministore.)
>>
>> If govt's have their way they'll know evertime you sneeze or take the
>> lord's name in vein. So, be careful what you wish for. Best  
>> systems are
>> based on some reasonable methods of tracking public performances  
>> (however
>> that is defined), and some level of trust. Of course, there will  
>> always be
>> performances that are missed. What you really want is for the data  
>> tha is
>> tracked to be properly compensated and you want the methods and  
>> data to be
>> public knowledge so the system is compensating people correctly.
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> From:  leshurdle <leshurdle at avradionet.com>
>> Subj:  Re: [Fmpro] Simple Hello
>> Date:  Sat May 5, 2007 7:04 am
>> Size:  707 bytes
>> To:  fmpro at nxport.com
>>
>>
>> On May 4, 2007, at 11:06 PM, Lynne T. Conte wrote:
>>
>>> Article 14 of the Rome Convention set a minimum term for the
>>> protection of
>>> performers' rights of twenty years from the end of the year in
>>> which the
>>> performance was made: the TRIPS Agreement (Art. 14.5) has extended
>>> this to
>>> fifty years. In the European
>>
>> I believe the USA was not a signatory to the Rome convention?
>>
>> The real bottom line is how will YOU know when your clients work has
>> been used?
>>
>> L
>>
>>
>>
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