[cma-l] Copyright Changes Proposed

[Martin Steers]

fantastic idea trevor, but what it requires is the agreement of all record
labels and artists onto the alternative which is how PPL, PRS etc has the
monopoly as the companies are not going to agree to getting less by coming
to us.. or you might get some but unless you have them all it wont work.

What we should do as a collective is make sure we are keeping the fees down
(or getting them lowered) or maybe (IF we want to) asking to have full log
audits and paying for what you use.. as a side note do your local artists
known about PPL and PRS and are they registered to receive money?

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Trevor Lockwood <lockwood at btinternet.com>wrote:

> Gary
>
> I agree the changes are necessary.. I remain concerned about PPL and PRS, a
> commercial company operating under a section of the design, trademark
> protection legislation, that appears to have a stranglehold on the
> distribution of musical content.
>
> There are many stories about the heavy-handed and legalistic attitude they
> adopt, but the situation still remains very unclear. I'd like to see a very
> clear statement about what has to be paid, what happens to that money, how
> our local artistes can receive some of that money, and whether such a
> company should have that responsibility. Perhaps it could be a 'nice little
> earner' for OfCom?
>
> To suggest that we can 'choose' which of eight stations we are most like,
> and then to say that these chosen stations will be monitored occasionally is
> not sufficient. It's clear that many stations are being forced to pay more
> than they should, that local musicians gain nothing and, I understand, the
> CEO of this organisation is paid £600,000 a year for this 'service'. We have
> the technology to create a much fairer system - and maybe we make the
> subject of that NESTA grant that's now available?
>
> Failing an adequate explanation, and given the current income they must be
> receiving from the community sector I can see no economic reason why we
> shouldn't set up a rival service.
>
> There's a cat for you stool pigeons.
>
> Trevor
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