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Re: Royalties paid by non-profit stations

From: henrik@eddie.MIT.EDU (Larry DeLuca @ The Bandykin Server)
Date: 8 Jul 89 15:28:28 GMT
Subject: Re: Royalties paid by non-profit stations
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: Somewhere at MIT, Cambridge, MA
References: <8907062011.AA13134@GAFFA.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: henrik@eddie.MIT.EDU (Larry DeLuca @ The Bandykin Server)



Well, I can fill in the gap about how roytalties are determined.  ASCAP
tapes unidentified stations nationwide and uses the sampling to determine
what's getting the airplay.  BMI uses station logs sent into it each week.
SESAC (the third performance-rights agency) is much smaller and uses
a more limited form of spot-checking of logs, local stations, and trade charts.

					larry...

PS:  This info comes from a book called _Making it in the New Music Business_,
by James Riordan, Copyright 1988 by James Riordan, published by Writer's
Digest Books.  The information has been paraphrased to avoid Copyright
infringement ;-).