[Fmpro] SOCAN CPA Rip-off?

[Pete]

Logic tells me, the right to broadcast music in
Canadian commericals is granted by the copyright
holder, not SOCAN.

Pete


--- Mark Northam <markn at gmocorp.com> 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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