ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (12/21/84)
A friend of mine told me that a friend of his, who is a composer, had a work of his used by PBS as background music without his permission. When he complained, he was told that PBS was exempt from the copyright laws, and that they could use anyone's music without permission. This story, if true, is ablutely infuriating. Can anyone else corroborate or contradict it?
abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (A. Hudson) (01/05/85)
> A friend of mine told me that a friend of his, who is a composer, > had a work of his used by PBS as background music without his > permission. When he complained, he was told that PBS was exempt > from the copyright laws, and that they could use anyone's music > without permission. > > This story, if true, is ablutely infuriating. Can anyone else > corroborate or contradict it? This story is true. We involved in college radio ( a non-profit organization ) have the same priveleges. Andrew@WITR Andrew@WITR
Ron Natalie <ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA> (01/05/85)
Actually, this is not quite the truth. While you may use the copyrighted music, you are still subject to paying the licensing fees to ASCAP/BMI/SESAC and the like. Most college radio people are ignorant of this fact because the college station is usually covered in a campus wide contract that includes playing records at campus social events, concerts, etc...It was also decided about five years ago that even AM carrier current fell under this category (you can see why this is, since playing the music over the PA system in student union is also subject). -Ron
gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) (01/11/85)
In article <1464@ritcv.UUCP> abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (A. Hudson) writes: >> ... When he complained, he was told that PBS was exempt >> from the copyright laws, and that they could use anyone's music >> without permission. >> >> This story, if true, is ablutely infuriating. Can anyone else >> corroborate or contradict it? > >This story is true. We involved in college radio ( a non-profit >organization ) have the same priveleges. This seems strange to me. Lots of years ago (mid 70's), I did two series of educational TV shows for a State University, and used consistent theme music for each series. Although there was no fee - it was all paperwork - we were delayed from broadcasting one of them until we got permission from the copyright owner of that music. Have the laws changed *that much* in recent years? FROM: Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems USENET: {ucbvax, ihnp4, decvax!decwrl}!amd!cae780!gordon {nsc, resonex, qubix, hplabs}!cae780!gordon USNAIL: 1333 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 AT&T: (408)745-1440 Is it too late not to have kids? Greg, Joel, Tod, Jenny, Sarah and Alan say so, but what do a bunch of kids know?