[BC] ASCAP and BMI and Rights

[David Lawrence]

On 1/27/06 10:16 AM, one Larry Fuss <lfuss2 at cox.net> wrote:

 >> ..but how much advertising would you sell if you
 > didn't play the music?
 >
 > That's not the point.  The broadcast of a song should be considered as a
 > "casual performance" and exempt from performing rights fees.  On the other
 > hand, how many CDs would be sold without airplay?

It's very much the point, Larry. You can play open source music if you want,
and you'd attract an audience commensurate with that music's quality,
exposure and media support. When Kanye West plays his music on Saturday
Night Live or goes on the cover of Rolling Stone, that attracts an audience
to your station if you play his music. Not very many independent bands,
without actuakky becoming part of the system you eschew, will get that kind
of side support.

It's all balance. The good stuff costs money. The free stuff is catch as
catch can.

David

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