On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom Wolper, to moi: >> >> I don't think I've ever come across this situation before regarding >> commercial use of music. [snip] This case is different >> >> - the music is used daily and is broadcast across the country >> (ignoring the Armed Forces Network). If a business pays the license >> fee to play the music, how does a songwriter hold veto power? > > > They don't, based on everything I've read about blanket licencing. Hynde > eventually realized this in the case of "My City Was Gone," tho didn't she > allegedly ask the big boy to contribute to a not-overly-political cause she > supported... which he did?
I will always be aware that an article may be the work of a lazy or incompetent journalist. But to me there is an important difference between asking someone to do something and using the law to force it to be done. So when Peter Gabriel demands that Limbaugh stop playing Sledgehammer, what stands behind his demand? If Gabriel or his PR people use the word demand to signify emphatic opposition, fine, but the journalist should note that such a demand has no legal power. Outside of the present firestorm, if Limbaugh or his producers want to make such a demand go away they might try to mollify the songwriter as in the Hynde story. With Limbaugh being as embattled as he is, they are not going to take a step that looks like backing down, because that gives the impression of weakness. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
