[Fmpro] 80% Non-Lyric Penalty?

[Mark Northam]

On 1/11/08 6:19 PM, "Pete" <musical411 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mark,
> 
> Sorry, I couldn't find anything in the document you
> linked that said anything about songs being awarded
> feature performance by default. Maybe I missed
> something.

The "automatic feature performance payment for all background vocals (songs)
on TV within a program" policy, like many at ASCAP, is not listed in the
online resource document, however note this passage from:

www.ascap.com/reference/boardofreview_meyers.pdf

In the document, ASCAP VP of Legal Affairs Richard Reimer is quoted directly
in the ASCAP Board of Review report:

"Mr. Reimer, on behalf of ASCAP, conceded that when ASCAP receives cue
sheets containing the designation ³background vocal² it presumes that such
work contains lyrics and should receive feature credit."
(top of page 6)

Respectfully,

Mark Northam


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