[Fmpro] ASCAP COMPOSER BILL OF RIGHTS

Tue Apr 29 20:12:09 GMT 2008

Awesome! For the sake of discussing these points lets number them and  
if you disagree on any point or the verbiage, just reply and discuss  
that point. once we have spent some time hashing out these points,  
changing them, adding others, we can call a vote on each individual  
and also of the whole bill

ASCAP COMPOSER BILL OF RIGHTS

1. The right to be paid for all performances of your music on radio  
and TV using the latest technology

2. The right to a response from ASCAP member services reps for all  
questions regarding ASCAP royalties

3. The right to address the Board of Directors in person for a limited  
time at each Board meeting

4. The right to know how ASCAP is spending our money - full disclosure  
by ASCAP for multi-million dollar decisions involving member dollars,  
such as IMJV, MediaGuide, etc and any other matters other than salaries.

5. The right to see the at-source amount that a foreign PRO paid ASCAP  
before ASCAP takes it's "deductions"

6. The right for independent candidates to take part in the ASCAP  
election process by petition with a reasonable signature requirement,  
enacted in time to collect signatures for the next elections in  
January, 2009.

7. The right to know when and if our board members show up for board  
meetings (ie, the attendance records)

8. The right to know the voting records of our board members on issues  
of importance to us

10. The right for background instrumental music to have an equal  
opportunity for feature performance pay as a background vocal has  
based on a fair and impartial decision as to the importance of the  
music to the particular scene

11. The right to negotiate a larger than 50% split for writers (like  
they currently have in several other countries)

12. The right, like publishers have, to belong to more than one US  
society so we can split our catalog among the society that pays it the  
best. This right is also enjoyed by every non-US writer, but is denied  
to US writers.

Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer
937.294.0900 (Dayton Studio)
310.339.9603 (Los Angeles)
877.294.0912 (Toll Free)
www.alpiar.com

On Apr 29, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Mark Northam wrote:

> Great idea, Chris - here's a starting list - I welcome any and all  
> comments.
> I offer this list not as a replacement for ASCAP's excellent bill of  
> rights,
> but as an addition, to make sure that ASCAP's "out-box" incorporates  
> the
> very same kind of protections that ASCAP's "in-box" is afforded with  
> the
> ASCAP document.
>
> ASCAP COMPOSER BILL OF RIGHTS
>
> * The right to be paid for all performances of your music on radio  
> and TV
> using the latest technology
> * The right to a response from ASCAP member services reps for all  
> questions
> regarding ASCAP royalties
> * The right to address the Board of Directors in person for a  
> limited time
> at each Board meeting
> * The right to know how ASCAP is spending our money - full  
> disclosure by
> ASCAP for multi-million dollar decisions involving member dollars,  
> such as
> IMJV, MediaGuide, etc and any other matters other than salaries.
> * The right to see the at-source amount that a foreign PRO paid  
> ASCAP before
> ASCAP takes it's "deductions"
> * The right for independent candidates to take part in the ASCAP  
> election
> process by petition with a reasonable signature requirement, enacted  
> in time
> to collect signatures for the next elections in January, 2009.
> * The right to know when and if our board members show up for board  
> meetings
> (ie, the attendance records)
> * The right to know the voting records of our board members on  
> issues of
> importance to us
> * The right for background instrumental music to have an equal  
> opportunity
> for feature performance pay as a background vocal has based on a  
> fair and
> impartial decision as to the importance of the music to the  
> particular scene
> * The right to negotiate a larger than 50% split for writers (like  
> they
> currently have in several other countries)
> * The right, like publishers have, to belong to more than one US  
> society so
> we can split our catalog among the society that pays it the best.  
> This right
> is also enjoyed by every non-US writer, but is denied to US writers.
>
>
> On 4/30/08 5:25 AM, "Christopher Alpiar" <chris at alpiar.com> wrote:
>
>> You know, if ASCAP can do it, how about us?
>>
>> I can build a webpage like ASCAP did for their petition for a bill of
>> rights and we can pass it around and sign it with our list of things
>> that should be changed between ASCAP and us. I don't mind  
>> contributing
>> time and asset (the little i have) to making something right.
>>
>> Mark I know you have sent it around a bunch of times but can you send
>> out your list of points of serious problems with ASCAP that need to  
>> be
>> addressed? Lets break it down as a committee would and decide on
>> verbiage among this list. Once we have a reasonably agreed upon list
>> of issues, I can take it and make a petition online with it and we  
>> can
>> see what support we get ;-)
>>
>> Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
>> Cinematic Composer
>> 937.294.0900 (Dayton Studio)
>> 310.339.9603 (Los Angeles)
>> 877.294.0912 (Toll Free)
>> www.alpiar.com
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