Copyright and the Right of Public Performance

[Caroline55293]

very informative thankyou

[msgigglesbaby]

I always thought that the artist and publishing companies pays the radio tv stations etc to get their music out to the public , not the other way around.

[919350829705]

good advice, thanks

[Midoricorp]

can I consider youtube as a public perfomance place?

[wnieke]

As to "extrapolated": Fine with me. However, you're basically gonna have to TRUST ASCAP, BMI and - 3rd I didn't all get - that they're actually gonna MONITOR this. Currently, we have some debate over that for GEMA in Germany. AND: More and more companies require GEMA-free/work for hire music in commercial situations (TV, ad campaings, even computer games). If you want royalties, it's often a deal breaker. What can the individual artist do in that situation...?

[freddyb75]

Thank you very much. that's very helpful information