[asterisk-users] Royalty for On Hold Music ?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 11:26:25AM -0400, SIP wrote:
> I actually tried to find that out (even something anecdotal), but so far 
> no luck. I'm guessing not that much. The law allows for adjusting the 
> percentages somewhat on the fly for various reasons (for instance, web 
> radio performances give much less money to the songwriters than regular 
> radio performances because they fall under a new category created 
> specifically to handle web radio), and I imagine that any legal action 
> that accrued hefty fines would likely be deemed to be mostly 
> administrative and legal costs as opposed to damages to the songwriter.

Well, that there is actually a valid reason not to pass such fines
along to their members: if they're escrowing them to bankroll legal
action on behalf of such members.

Cheers,
-- jra
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