[Fmpro] BMI changes

[LesHurdle]

My son is in BMI for the world, my wife is ACAP for the world, I am  
PRS/ASCAP..... PRS for the world outside the USA.

When my son and wife composed together it was always interesting to  
note the mounts paid were almost the same to the penney....  
gross....... BUT, the usages were different !!!!!!!!

L

On Oct 22, 2007, at 11:04 AM, kirbyko3 at aol.com wrote:

>
> On the heels of this, I'm wondering if anyone on the list has done  
> a comparison of what ASCAP's payout vs. BMI's payout is on any  
> given cue -- perhaps you've switched societies at one point, or  
> maybe you had a co-writer who was with the other society?? I'm  
> really dying to know if their rates are (for the most part)  
> comparable.?
>
>
>
> Kerry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Northam <mnortham at gmdgroup.com>
> To: Geoff Koch <gk at kochproductions.com>
> Cc: fmpro at nxport.com <fmpro at nxport.com>
> Sent: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 1:39 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] BMI changes
>
>
>
>
> A BMI rep I spoke to last week said this was part of an overall  
> plan to make
> the distribution system more fair, and to try and make sure it  
> accurately
> reflects the actual music performances occurring on television.
>
> Not sure if this is part of a composer push at BMI to sign more  
> composers by
> eliminating some of the rules that so blatantly discriminate  
> against score
> music, but this change sends a message loud and clear to composers,  
> and from
> what I'm hearing, composers are listening.
>
> Obviously this makes it much more difficult for the songwriters  
> controlling
> ASCAP to continue their "all background songs are features" policy,  
> but
> frankly, given the arrogance they're demonstrated, I suspect  
> they're willing
> to weather the storm in order to protect the songwriter's income  
> from any
> encroachment from those low-value composers... Hope I'm wrong about  
> this!
>
> Best,
>
> Mark Northam
>
>
> On 10/22/07 9:57 AM, "Geoff Koch" <gk at kochproductions.com> wrote:
>
>> Any knowledge or speculation as to why the change at BMI and why now?
>
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