[BC] Section 115 Reform Act (SIRA) of 2006

[Phil Alexander]

On 7 Jun 2006 at 13:48, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:


> I'd like to second this. Here we are, already shelling out significant sums 
> to ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC every month for the privilege of advertising their 
> product to our listeners... we get the music, itself, for free from the 
> promotors, anyway. I would think that they would *prefer* that station groups share a 
> single CD for their music on HD, because that saves them a few $$. Many Record 
> Co's are now shifting to an all-digital delivery system, such as the PromoOnly 
> MPE. One download can easily "feed" an entire cluster of stations with 
> extremely low cost to the promotors.
> 
> It would be nice to get a handle on this whole matter, because it does 
> adversely affect every one of us that play even as little as one song per month.
> 

The money paid to ASCAP, BMI and SESAC goes to the copyrite holders, or at least
some of it does. "Theoretically" the money collected by RIAA or a fraction of it
goes to the performers who cut the record, not the the song writers.

If the nitwits at RIAA had sense they would cut a deal with the copyrite orgs
the fees would increase, and that would be the end of it.


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Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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