[Dixielandjazz] ASCAP And Licencing

[Scott Anthony]

I just put out a compilation of all the Public Domain tunes from our other 
CDs specifically because the digital distributors (like the Apple Store and 
Rhapsody) require that all tunes on a CD have valid licensing.

The thing that rubs me raw about all this is that the PD cutoff date is 
stuck at Jan 1, 1923 until 2018 when it will start moving forward again 
specifically because the idiot Sonny Bono (who couldn't even get out of the 
way of a tree when he was skiing) and and our good friends at Disney Corp 
got together to push through the copyright extension act BECAUSE STEAMBOAT 
WILLIE was about to go into the public domain and they might lose some 
revenue! A damn cartoon character that nobody gives a #%&* about anymore has 
affected practically all OKOM musicians! The composers and lyricists for 
tunes as old as this are almost certainly long dead, and even if they are 
alive, SONY or some other huge publisher now owns the copyright anyway.

I get steamed whenever I think about this. Sorry...

Scott Anthony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:11 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] ASCAP And Licencing


> Ray Osnato wrote regarding ASCAP and the licensing of tunes on a CD:
>
> (snip)
> We do this daily at my little record company, where we issue about 75
> records a year.  I don't handle this part of the business but let's look 
> at
> Steve's
> numbers since I have no reason to doubt them.  You've pressed  1000 CDs 
> that
> you are going to sell for $15 a pop at your gigs.  $15,000 in  my book.  A
> quick check of the Internet shows you can get a short run of  1000 CDs for
> $1,200.  With Steve's figure of $1,200 for licensing that  leaves you with
> over
> $12,000 profit.  Even if it cost you $2500 to record  it, you've still 
> made
> $10,000 on the venture.  Not a bad return on your  investment.
> (snip)
>
> Ray, one flaw in your figures is not figuring in the cost of recording,
> mixing, mastering, art work, type setting.  Also, payment to your 
> musicians.
>
> This can run into thousands of dollars.
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
> 916/806-9551
> www.ringwald.com
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