ASCAP Says Apple Should Pay For 30-sec. Song Samples

Posted by kdawson on Thursday September 17, 2009 @10:30AM from the thicket-of-rights dept.

CNet reports on a new money battle brewing between those who generate music and those who profit from selling it on the Net. "Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are making preparations to one day collect performance fees from Apple and other e-tailers for not just traditional music downloads but for downloads of films and TV shows as well. Those downloads contain music after all. These groups even want compensation for iTunes' 30-second song samples. ... Apparently, the music industry can't obtain the fees through negotiations. They have begun lobbying Congress to pass legislation that would require anyone who sells a download to pay a performance fee..."

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Re:Tired of the re-definition of performance. by progkeys · 2009-09-17 11:37 · Score: 0, Troll

Wrong! Legally, it is most definitely a performance when a radio broadcasts a song. It's been that way since the beginning of radio. It's internet companies that changed the definition.
Re:So essentially they want people to pay by rohan972 · 2009-09-17 23:55 · Score: 0, Troll

How did you get your arse shiny? Pink i understand......
apparently you get 360,000 composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers to kiss it.

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