Radio Performance Royalties
Tuesday, 4th August 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee meets today to discuss the future of Performance Royalties for radio play. Right now, the artists who perform a song that is played on the radio do not get paid. Only the composers/writers of the song get paid.
Radio’s response is that they are providing free airplay for the artists and should not also be required to pay royalties. Furthermore, it is likely that many stations would financially go under if required to pay these additional royalties.
Nancy Sinatra, Frank’s daughter, wrote an op-ed in today’s NY Times that hits on a lot of these topics. She is for the performance royalties. Take a look – http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/opinion/04sinatra.html
Stay tuned,
Erik
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