yeah...i know how it is for bars, cafes, and live music venues but i didnt realize that nightclubs here in the states have to pay up as well if ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC finds out about their existence.
i wonder how this tech works? if the artist and song info is embedded into some sort of DRM or audio watermark on legal downloads then how would files you encoded from vinyl be tracked unless the artist and song info is logged from the ID3 tags, in which case the system could be easily gamed ;) On 30April2009, at 11:10 , southernoutpost wrote: >From my understanding, I was under the impression that the venues themselves >paid a yearly fee to the performing rights society. I believe that's how Apra, >the Australian performing rights org does it. Only problem here is that pool of money usually ends up in the accounts of The Pussycat Dolls rather than Dopplereffeckt. ========================= Southern Outpost http://www.southernoutpost.com Sydney - San Francisco - Berlin Infiltrating your sound systems ========================= On Apr 30, 2009, at 7:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: if dj's become become classified as "performers" and thus compelled to pay royalties for the tracks they play in their "performances" then why would you want a log of all those tracks going to ASCAP, BMI, etc unless you play almost exclusively tracks that you would benefit from being played - i.e. you are also the producer and/or own the label that released them?
