There’s been a lot of hype surrounding the Performance Right’s Act and ruling for radio stations to pay performance royalties to record labels. MAE wants to know what you think!
Should radio stations have to pay record labels to play music? Is it fair to implement this law given the longstanding tradition of not having to pay performance royalties for the use of masters? Are record labels right in demanding compensation for the use of their tracks? Is the Performance Rights Act just another money making scheme being implemented to offset poor record sales or have radio stations just been stingy in compensating artists? Is the claim that radio stations provide promotion to artists and thus shouldn’t have to pay for their songs legitimate? Should there be a trade-off between promotion and royalties?
Who’s side are you on? Let us know!
For more information on the Performance Rights Act its related issues check out our blog post below!
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Dan V Said:
on April 20, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Labels should be getting a piece of the pie. Especially if they were the catalyst for the station to make money and gain listeners from the music. Ultimately, I think, whoever owns the writing credit for the song should have the most to gain