tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post2413971304890374370..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: New Music Put the Seal on US Collective ManagementMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-71587158886032349952015-11-22T20:07:01.291+00:002015-11-22T20:07:01.291+00:00Dear Jeremy et al
Thank you so much to you, Matth...Dear Jeremy et al<br /><br />Thank you so much to you, Matthew and Amanda. This is a wonderful telling of the history of ASCAP, BMI, and the music collective copyright movement in the USA. Of course, nowadays Sharkey the Seal might benefit from performers’ rights under the WPPT – though not yet on broadcast radio or TV in the USA where “terrestrial broadcasters” are exempted from paying for the public performance right for sound recordings and performers.<br /><br />Much more attention should be paid to the irony that you note of the restaurant industry getting its members exempted in many cases from having to pay for performing rights, the notorious "Section 110" dispute in the WTO, and how the USA has been a scofflaw for more than a decade in terms of compliance the WTO ruling. Once again, according to the USA, it's "Do as we say, not as we do" when it comes to international respect for copyright.<br /><br />This “podcast” is a “must listen” for anyone not familiar with this important story than spans a century of American copyright history and illustrates many recurring themes and controversies that are still far from settled.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />Howard Knopf<br /><br /><br />Howard Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.com