[cma-l] Music royalties and the Third Sector

[Richard Berry]

It seems absurd to me that not only are community radio stations  
charged on exactly the same basis as commercial radio but that MCPS  
still cannot make their mind up what to charge - but still tell us to  
put some money aside as they will want it one day! I can see the logic  
for levying fees on commercial radio, they play music, which attracts  
audiences which then generate revenue/profit for the business. As not  
for profit stations community radio does not generate personal or  
corporate wealth yet it still must pay fees, which I suspect for some  
smaller projects will be their main expenditure after wages.

If the CMA is able to join this campaign then I am sure the membership  
will be behind you!

Richard


Richard Berry
Senior Lecturer in Radio
Programme Leader:
FdA Community Radio and BA Radio
Admissions Tutor
Faculty of Arts, Design and Media
The Media Centre, Sunderland
0191 515 2239
www.sunderland.ac.uk/radio
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On 14 Nov 2008, at 12:26, Ian Hickling wrote:

> More power to your elbow Jaqui!
>
> Having only yesterday contacted all the royalties agencies to obtain
> their current rates for a Client putting together a Community Radio
> Licence application, I am disturbed to see how complex the fee
> calculation situation has become - and how MCPS, even after several
> years of active Community Radio, still hasn't made up its mind about  
> how
> much to charge.
>
> As these fees are effectively mandatory on all broadcasters, surely it
> would be logical for Ofcom to incorporate them into the fee structure
> for the station, as it does with the WTA licence?
>
> Ian Hickling
> Partner
> transplan UK
>
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