[Fmpro] My ASCAP quarterly statement just showed up!!!!

[Geoff Koch]

Mark -- I suppose it depends on how "agreement" is construed.

Do you think that offense would be criminal in nature?  Any precedent for
it?  If so, I say let's get the indictments flowing!!!  A few of those might
get the ASCAP board to sit up straight, too.


On 11/21/07 3:48 PM, "Mark Northam" <mnortham at gmdgroup.com> wrote:

> That would be a criminal offense, just like forging a name on a check,
> unless done with the agreement of the "real" composer.
> 
> As to the PRO's policies of allowing employers to demand writers credit as a
> condition of employment, it's a horrific practice and the PRO's choice to do
> nothing about it (or in the case of ASCAP, the board voted down a proposal a
> few years ago to have ASCAP take a stand against the practice, at least in
> principal) speaks volumes as to the lack of ethics or morals existing on the
> controlling boards of those organizations. To allow that kind of extortion
> is outrageous, yet these people keep on getting elected over and over again
> because the board meetings where they commit their deeds are kept very, very
> secret.
> 
> As I have said before, I have no idea how these people sleep at night, other
> than perhaps repeating "At least we're not owned by the broadcasters..."
> over and over and over and...
> 
> To have a phony writer listed on a cue sheet undermines the entire integrity
> of the performing rights royalty system. It's amazing that the PROs haven't
> figured this out, or perhaps they have...
> 
> Best,
> 
> MN
> 
> 
> On 11/21/07 1:06 PM, "Geoff Koch" <gk at kochproductions.com> wrote:
> 
>> Unless, of course, one of those publishers (or his wife) magically appeared
>> as "composer" on the cue sheet.
>> 
>> On 11/21/07 12:58 PM, "Mark Northam" <mnortham at gmdgroup.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, but you should still get the writer's side of ASCAP performance
>>> royalties even for work-for-hire situations. WFH means that the employer
>>> keeps the publishing side of performance royalties, but not the writers...
>>> 
>>> Mark Northam
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 11/21/07 10:32 AM, "Les Mizzell" <lesmizz at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm well aware of my lack of registered stuff. Most of the work I've
>>>> done has been for the ETV networks - work for hire. Argh!
>>> 
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