Here's an interesting piece done on an 80's US punk label Dischord and their
tracks getting play @ RFK (Washington, DC's primary sports venue).
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/cheap/2001/cheap1109.html
Cheers,
Eric
On 20.5.2002 9:41 Uhr, "Steven Catanzaro" <stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com>
wrote:
> Yes, the venue has to pay licensing fees to the performing rights agencies,
> and yes they have to keep a log of all the music they play.
>
> But, the real big ascap/bmi/seasac money is in air play, because you get paid
> a bit on each broadcast outlet. The bad news for someone like Queen is they
> don't get paid the massive bucks for "We Will Rock You."
>
> Even though it's played at every game, and even though some big games are
> broadcast all over the world, the song doesn't run long enough to meet ascap's
> time requirement (30 seconds or some such...) In other words, the brief
> snippet played at the games is deemed to short and too incidental to count.
> (The guy/gal who wrote the theme music for the NBA shows... or whoever he sold
> the rights to, is the one poised to make alot of money.)
>
> Ah well, I guess they got enough money out of that boom boom clap anyway...
>
> As for the raves; almost all legit clubs pay their fees, and some display a
> cool ascap / bmi sticker in the window.
>
> I guess since raves don't really have windows to display the stickers, rave
> promoters probably feel "why should I pay the license!"
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Stimp <mailto:stimp@aei.ca>
>> To: acid-jazz@UCSD.Edu
>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 4:47 PM
>> Subject: Hey guys, help me settle a music argument
>>
>> 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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