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From: "Paul.Baggott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bought O3 for the nth time yesterday (people keep "borrowing"
> it)...
>
> Taped it and took it along to the gym...
>
> BANGING!
>
> Then picked up a copy of "Professional Fitness" magazine and
> discovered to my horror a concept called PPL or Public Performance
> Licence...
>
> Am I a criminal or does utter devotion to SUNSCREEM get me off the
> hook?!
Hmmm, Good question. Those of us that aren't professional DJs would love to
know. I keep slipping SS songs into the CDs I compile for my brother's
fitness class.
I did read some article a while back on it, but I lost the URL. If I
remember correctly (and I probably don't) the payment went to some
centralized body that accepted into one "pool" and then paid royalties out
based on performance of individual bands, not according to what song you
actually played at your public performance. So even if you played 10 SS
songs and submitted your money, Moby might get a teeny cut of your payment
while SS got very little to none since their sales aren't doing as well at
the moment. (Can't remember if the royalties were doled out according to
chart position or total record sales or what).
Anyway, I hate to recite this kind of stuff from memory. I'm not even sure
if it was an international body or American only. If anyone has any URLs
regarding the issue, please post them. I think the article I read was linked
to by www.slashdot.org but like I said, I can't find it now.
Struck me as a very flawed system. Hopefully something fairer to the smaller
bands comes along same day. (micropayments?)
Chris Marta
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