Re: Composers should also get paid (was: Fripp & Eno 1973 / BBC / Peel /RIAA)

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On 9 jul 2007, at 22.09, Rev Fever wrote:

> And, I will wager big bucks that not one person on LD has ever paid  
> a royalty to some composer for dubbing from someone else's copy of  
> a recording by some composer.
> So, what's the real difference with that, as opposed to some tunes  
> being played in a restaurant?   None that I can really tell.  ;-)


Well, doesn't American law have it legal to make a copy "for private  
use"? But the restaurants etc are mainly billed for using the music,  
not only the actual copy of the recording of the music. Those are two  
different rights, normally owned by composer/publisher and record  
label. I like that these matters come up on the list, lots of  
interesting posts so far :-)

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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