- Banned
- #41
Performers get paid for performing. That's it. You guys don't understand where the revenue comes from. This isn't about just Radio or Internet radio, it's about royalties distribution.
Cheeseburger in Paradise restarunt chain pays a quarter million dollars a year in fees for broadcast rights. Every broadcast venue pays it. Radio, TV, Live, rebroadcast, anywhere that plays music to the public. Now, Cheeseburger in Paradise doesn't host musicians like Billy, they have Joe Blow and the Knob Gobblers. Joe doesn't get jack from BMI for his performance at CIP, although BMI expressly charged CIP for the right to allow Joe to perform there. They take the money and distribute it to the Radio and TV pool. A formula for calculating play list is used to determine what bthe most popular SONGS are at a given point in time. It doesn't matter that Joe PERFORMED the songs, even though CIP paid a quarter million dollars for the right to have Joe come play.
If you allow performers to collect, me and Joe are going to sue BMI for the sam thing that Billy wants. Know why ? Because we PERFORM more than Billy does. And the royalties are collected from where WE perform, and they get moved over to the Radio and TV pool to make sure the most popular songs get the money. Now, if you open this PERFORMANCE door, you're going to find that most popular and most numerous performances are still going on LIVE in your local tavern. That is will always be the biggest pool of performers.
But again, despite the massive revenue collected from your local taverns and bars, I suppose it's only the washed up pop star performers you're thinking of. So the question is, when the masses of performers want to jump on this ship, where do you suppose the money is going to come from ? What will the effect on license fees be for local radio, bars and venues be ?
Again, you guys don't know what you're asking for here. As such, this should be easy enough to get over on congress too.
Cheeseburger in Paradise restarunt chain pays a quarter million dollars a year in fees for broadcast rights. Every broadcast venue pays it. Radio, TV, Live, rebroadcast, anywhere that plays music to the public. Now, Cheeseburger in Paradise doesn't host musicians like Billy, they have Joe Blow and the Knob Gobblers. Joe doesn't get jack from BMI for his performance at CIP, although BMI expressly charged CIP for the right to allow Joe to perform there. They take the money and distribute it to the Radio and TV pool. A formula for calculating play list is used to determine what bthe most popular SONGS are at a given point in time. It doesn't matter that Joe PERFORMED the songs, even though CIP paid a quarter million dollars for the right to have Joe come play.
If you allow performers to collect, me and Joe are going to sue BMI for the sam thing that Billy wants. Know why ? Because we PERFORM more than Billy does. And the royalties are collected from where WE perform, and they get moved over to the Radio and TV pool to make sure the most popular songs get the money. Now, if you open this PERFORMANCE door, you're going to find that most popular and most numerous performances are still going on LIVE in your local tavern. That is will always be the biggest pool of performers.
But again, despite the massive revenue collected from your local taverns and bars, I suppose it's only the washed up pop star performers you're thinking of. So the question is, when the masses of performers want to jump on this ship, where do you suppose the money is going to come from ? What will the effect on license fees be for local radio, bars and venues be ?
Again, you guys don't know what you're asking for here. As such, this should be easy enough to get over on congress too.