[Fmpro] ALL residuals ???

[leshurdle]

BUT.. their publishers were the opposite... so what is the suited game?

L

On May 15, 2007, at 9:12 AM, Mark Northam wrote:

> These two statements seem to be contradictory - either the labels  
> support,
> or don't support paying performing rights on downloads.
>
> In the US, the RIAA - the recording industry lobbying group - made  
> it 100%
> clear that they do NOT support performing rights on downloads, and  
> were one
> of the strongest legal forces that opposed ASCAP's court case. As  
> we know,
> ASCAP lost that case, and the precedent it has now set, unless it's
> successfully appealed or overturned, could be disastrous for  
> composers.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark Northam
>
>
> On 5/15/07 1:47 AM, "Lynne T. Conte" <profwoman4u2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I guess a recording company will agree and support payment of  
>> publishing
>> because recording companies think that performing rights would cut  
>> down the
>> share in the download pie.  I suppose that a recording company  
>> prefers to
>> pay the performing right, pay the percentage of mechanical rights  
>> and keep
>> the rest, and do not want to include performing in which they do  
>> not get a
>> big piece.
>
>
>
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