[Fmpro] ASCAP Cues + Rapid Cue

[Mark Northam]

Actually RapidCue was developed and paid for by you, me, and all ASCAP and
BMI members - it's a co-development project of ASCAP and BMI.

But just as with MediaGuide, what's paid for by all the members is often
only used to benefit a selected few. With MediaGuide, we all paid millions
for it (and continue to each year) but it's specifically not used to track
and pay royalties on TV, only radio - which of course benefits the
songwriters greatly. RapidCue is paid for by everybody, but only those with
"significant" catalogs are allowed to use it.

MN


On 11/24/07 2:04 PM, "Marinho Nobre" <marinho at manommg.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I have read about it. Wonder how much they're paying ASCAP to get the
> spotlight for a while.
> And yet again, our category saddly yet predictably falls into the high volume
> wholesale cue issue trap.
> 
> Is it just me or the situation with them sounds just plain hopeless ?
> 
> Unfortunately, ASCAP only allows those with significant catalogs to have
> access to RapidCue. Unless you're "selected" to receive access to this due
> to your relationship with your PRO, they've made it quite clear that
> RapidCue will not be provided to individual composers without medium to
> large catalogs.
> http://nxport.com/mailman/listinfo/fmpro

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