[Dixielandjazz] Paying The Piper: Music Streaming Services In Perspective

[Bert Brandsma]

Thanks! Very interesting article.
Of course it is no surprise that big companies are only interested in big money.
Even companies like ASCAP, who's duty it is to be there for the interest of their composers have been caught on doubtable behaviour.
Some 2 years ago this once was really proved in a phonecall, to a laywer. This was even on the TV news then for one day. The Director ( of Buma /stemra, more or less the Dutch version of ASCAP ) who made that mistake was then fired. (without a doubt with a load of cash to make up).
One question one could ask is whether he was fired for his deeds, or only because he was caught?

Of course Buma/stemra simply then went on with business as usual.

Oh yes, the salary of a Director at BUMA was : € 379.000,- per year in 2011.  ( = more than half a million US dollar)Without a doubt totally in relationship with what the average composer is earning..... or not?
Just one example of course.
Kind regards,
Bert Brandsma


> From: nvickers1 at cox.net
> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:15:09 -0500
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Paying The Piper: Music Streaming Services In	Perspective
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: mister_bertje at hotmail.com
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> To:  Musicians and Jazzfans list; DJML
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> From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola
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> Here’s a long article about how little streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora play artists for using their copyrighted material.  FYI.  Too long to copy and send and the URL is also too long.
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> If you can’t open it, and are REALLY interested, then go to NPR music and find it yourself.  Best effort I can make here.
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