Compulsory music licenses to get Congressional overhaul courtesy of "Mr. Hollywood"

Vikingod · Mar 23, 2007, 02:06 PM

Source: Ars Technica
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Copyright law is packed with strange features, but here's one of the strangest: webcasters, satellite radio, and those music stations transmitted through your cable connection all have to pay performance rights both to the composers who wrote the song and the performers who played it. Terrestrial AM/FM radio stations, though, only pay the composer; the performer is allegedly getting "free promotion" and doesn't see a cent.

Mar 23, 2007, 02:06 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Compulsory music licenses to get Congressional overhaul courtesy of "Mr. Hollywood" Source: Ars Technica _________ Copyright law is packed with strange features, but here's one of the strangest: webcasters, satellite radio, and those music stations transmitted through your cable connection all have to pay performance rights both to the composers who wrote the song and the performers who played it. Terrestrial AM/FM radio stations, though, only pay the composer; the performer is allegedly getting "free promotion" and doesn't see a cent. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*