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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Don't take this as an endorsement but
so far as I am aware:<br>
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Anything in the "public domain" has no rights attached to it.<br>
Artist performance (as distinct from performance of the work)
wasn't a legal right. <br>
I think online payments are proportional to users.<br>
The law is civil, anyone can demand any fee they chose.<br>
Distribution is a matter for the representative organisation.<br>
This is also a matter for the organisation and their members.<br>
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Tony Bailey<br>
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On 11/02/16 08:47, Ian Hickling wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Isn't this an opportunity to go right back to
basics?
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<div>Why are we paying to use something that is essentially
out there in the public domain?<br>
Why should we be paying artists to give their work exposure?<br>
Should it be the other way round - they pay us?</div>
<div>If we decide to pay, shouldn't we pay in proportion to
the number of people that consume the product?</div>
<div>What authority do the two organisations have in Law to
demand what amount to random fees?<br>
Where is the evidence of distribution and proportion to the
alleged beneficiaries?<br>
As with Charities, how much of what is taken in goes to
administration?</div>
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<div>I'm prepared to put money on not getting a satisfactory
answer to a single one of those points.<br>
Go on - surprise me?<br>
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