23 May 2007
Smaller webcasters will not have to pay higher royalties on Internet broadcasts, at least not until 2010. SoundExchange, the licensing authority backed by the Big Four labels, has relented on its desire for higher royalties and announced that it will allow smaller webcasters to continue to pay royalties at the same rates they have since 2002. Larger, commercial webcasters aren't getting any love from SoundExchange; they will have to begin paying the higher rates beginning next month, which SoundExchange says ... more...
13 March 2007
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced its decision on Internet radio royalty rates, rejecting all of the arguments made by Webcasters and instead adopting the "per play" rate proposal put forth by SoundExchange(a digital music fee collection body created by the RIAA). The rates are so high that no internet radio station can afford to exist. These rates are HIGHER than terrestrial radio. The Radio and Internet Newsletter estimates that AOL's online radio would pay $1.65 million a month. ... more...
18 August 2006
Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights) http://www.gema.de/ This is the German [[Royalty Organization|RoyaltyOrganizations]], collecting performance royalties for radio,TV, bar, club and online performances. The GEMA makes no profit: all earnings minus administrative costs are payed to domestic and international authors whose works were performed. Monitoring of the German airwaves is excellent (for [[Performance Royalties]], and non-German authors can expect to actually see money sent via GEMA to their own organization (BMI ... more...
5 December 2004
In the US, online radio is getting shafted as of May 2002. The RIAA has managed to get BROADCAST classified as an act of COPYING rather than uh... BROADCAST. So rather than treat it like radio and license the stations in that way ([[Performance Royalties]]), its treated like file copying and stations are required to pay 0.0002 cents per song PER LISTENER. which adds up real fast. And, the stations are required to do the adding and extremely complex logging, ... more...
5 December 2004
for full FCC (US) listings: http://www.airwaves.com/fccdb.html Also look at the[[Royalties]]for information about international cooperation in collecting monies from stations. This list is more intended just for people like me who might want to know which cities have cool people doing shows to send to or play at. http://www.feedbackmonitor.com/ a website and radio program dedicated to new sounds in electronic and experimental music. Both the site and the show are hosted by Greg Clow, a DJ and writer based in Toronto, ... more...
5 December 2004
The money that must be given to the copyright holder(s) every time the composition is "performed". Every radio station, club, restaraunt, and retail store (that plays music) is liable to pay the copyright holder every time they play the composition. Since you can't be there all the time checking up on these people, [[RoyaltyOrganizations]] (BMI ASCAP GEMA etc.)) were created on behalf of artists to administer these copyrights. There is a lot more money than you think generated from radio ... more...
5 December 2004
Record Stores Most labels and artists (the holders of the copyright) do not mind and will not enforce their copyright if you wish to play RealAudio clips from a CD that you are selling through your store. However, they do have the legal (and moral) right to request you not do that, and to collect money for performance. just playing little sections for the purposes of an online record store is still a performance rights issue, and not really then ... more...
