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| From | Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com> |
| Subject | Re: Internet Radio Silence |
| Date | Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:26:28 -0700 (PDT) |
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Jaimie Vernon wrote:
> >Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:35:30 -0400
> >
> > >>Satellite
> > >>radio and webcasters pay performance fees, but
> >terrestrial radio only pays composer fees.
> >
> >How does that work, exactly? Does that mean for all those millions of times
> >'Every Breath You Take' was on the radio, Sting got paid, and Copeland and
> >Summers got nothing?
> >Yikes
>
> Correct. The songwriters get compensated when something they wrote gets
> played on terrestrial radio. The performers of the songs do not (unless
> you're Celine Dion and have taken a piece of the publishing share of the
> songs she records).
That's why performers used to get credited as songwriters, too, isn't it?
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