i'm sure that at a rave that royalties aren't paid,
or expected to be paid by anyone. in the case of
producer/djs, that would mean that they'd be getting 2
checks--one for spinning, another for the royalties
for their own tracks...
the game is another matter. i know that when a dating
show for a major cable network was talking to me about
shooting at one of my gigs, they were trying to keep
the music obscured so they wouldn't have to clear it.
i would think the same applies to a broadcasted
game--but i don't know for sure.
-t
--- Stimp <stimp@aei.ca> wrote:
> Hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend. My
> buddies were over to watch the hockey game, and a
> discussion came up about whether a sports arena has
> to pay for the right to play the music that they
> play during the game. My buddy swears up and down
> that the people who own the arena don't have to pay
> royalties to whoever owns the rights to the song,
> while I'm pretty sure that they do. They argue that
> a band like Queen gets paid nothing for having "We
> will Rock You" played at every sporting event
> (assuming that Queen still owns the rights to the
> song), while I think they do. They didn't believe
> me, so I'm hoping that you guys could help settle
> this.
>
> Actually, maybe we could take it a little
> further. I know that many of you are Dj's so maybe
> you could answer this for me as well. When spinning
> for a big event like a rave, are the promoters of
> the event required to pay royalties for the music
> used during their event? In this case, I would
> assume that the answer would be no, given that it
> would probably be quite difficult to monitor. In
> any case, the output of anyone in the know would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanx,
>
> Stimp
>
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