SINGERS TELL CONGRESS "MONEY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT!"

Radio stations may pay more royalties
Associated Press
By RYAN NAKASHIMA


A bill moving through Congress aims to change that. It would let performers and the recording labels get a share of the ad revenue that radio stations collect from playing their songs. This pool of royalties could be hundreds of millions a year — which would be crucial for the record industry, as compact disc sales plummet and digital song sales aren't making up the difference.

It could also unlock an estimated $70 million to $100 million per year that is collected by radio stations abroad for U.S. artists, but never paid out because U.S. stations don't pay foreign artists in return. France, for example, takes the U.S. artists' portion and puts it into French cultural funds.

There have been more than half a dozen attempts since the 1970s to enact a performers' royalty on Capitol Hill. All have faltered to a powerful radio station lobby headed by the National Association of Broadcasters. The association says performers and record labels are already compensated — they sell songs and concert tickets because of the radio airplay they get. The NAB says the long history of record labels paying disc jockeys for extra rotations helps prove the point.

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May it go to the artists, whom the label suits have been fleecing for years.

(also doing a page kick :) )

:wtf:

they won't let me troll there. My reputation precedes me.

to play their new songs...

Not to dis blame or anything, but when you're at the top, it's easy to be blind and blame all sorts of people for all sorts of things that don't add up in this little thing we call "reality" and all... :)