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> Från: Luigi Meloni [mailto:Luigimeloni74@libero.it] > If I want to stream my OWN music for free on my own web-radio > station I have > to pay CARP so that they'll gather money in behalf of me and they'll give > them back to the author (ME) minus a percentual for their work of > gathering money. I do agree that this could go for "a bummer". I would just like to post some short notes on how these matters is handled here in Sweden. Here we also have a strong authority, STIM, that does the job of billing all kind of "music users" and then spreading the money out to the "music owners" - the composers. According to the law a composer owns his creations and should be compensated when his music is being used. Swedish radio stations have always been paying licensing fees for music played on air and this year we have also seen the first price list, by STIM, for Internet radio stations that stream music. But there is one exception - If you only send out your own music (that you still possess) and if you have the full editing and managing rights for your web site, you don't have to pay for licensing your own music. BTW not only composers are compensated here. Even players in possession of "neighboring rights" get compensated, but on a smaller scale. These players can be a record label that owns a particular sound recording or musicians that played on that recording. Another OT: As a musician and composer you have to join the relevant organization to get your money. But every year there is a lot of money coming in for which they dont know where to send the money, since not all usage of music can be tracked to the appropriate rightsholder. In Sweden this money left over is given away each year to young and talented musicians and composers in the form of scholarships. All the best Per Boysen www.boysen.se ____________________________________________________________ http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=p_boy