[Fmpro] SOCAN CPA Rip-off?

[James Ryan]

Hi Mark,
Isn't this also the case with BMI here in the states?  To my  
knowledge, they don't pay on commercials either.  Can we say that BMI  
is giving CPA away too, or is more likely they are collecting on it  
but not paying writers/publishers?

Best,
James


On Apr 3, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Mark Northam wrote:

>
> On 4/4/08 3:05 AM, "David Tkaczuk" <d-dmusic at rogers.com> wrote:
>
>> I checked with our PRO in Canada, SOCAN, they do not
>> collect PR's on any spots. Grrr....!!!
>
> Well, if they don't collect any license fees from the broadcasters,  
> those
> commercials must not be covered in SOCAN's blanket licenses with the
> broadcasters, so what gives the broadcasters the legal right to air  
> them? If
> the music is not included in SOCAN's blanket license, then you  
> should be
> able to approach the broadcasters and do direct licenses...? At  
> least in the
> USA, the copyright owner has the EXCLUSIVE right to control the public
> performance of their music, which they usually do through the  
> collective
> (ASCAP/BMI/SESAC) they hire and pay to represent them for public
> performances.
>
> The key here: Does SOCAN give the broadcasters the legal right to  
> perform
> music in commercials?
>
> If (as I suspect) SOCAN in fact DOES legally permit broadcasters to  
> air
> commercials and that music is covered under SOCAN's blanket  
> broadcaster
> license, and then turns around and doesn't pay composers, SOCAN has  
> just
> deemed 1/2 of the music on television today (commercial/ad/promo  
> music) to
> be WORTHLESS and FREE - just like the old NAPSTER.
>
> Somebody ought to ask SOCAN what they think about FREE MUSIC and  
> SOCAN's
> promotion of free music!!! The idea that a PRO is in the business  
> of legally
> providing multi-million dollar, profitable corporations with the  
> right to
> broadcast lots of music for FREE is offensive and an ultimate  
> breach of
> their primary mission: to establish the highest value for the music  
> of its
> members and collect royalties based on that.
>
> Mark Northam
>
>
>
>
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