Comments on: Aussie Record Labels Demand $5 p/Member Gym Tax

By: Swedish Copyright Group Wants $5,000 p/yr Permit for Workplace Music

Swedish Copyright Group Wants $5,000 p/yr Permit for Workplace Music — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:48:57 +0000

[...] follows a similar effort in other countries like Australia, where music licensing bodies are even targeting gyms, cafes, [...]

By: Re-* | Anchorage

Re-* | Anchorage — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:52:00 +0000

[...] just makes me angry, especially when I am looking at starting up a small business myself in the next 6-8 months. To [...]

By: Vote4Greed

Vote4Greed — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:45:29 +0000

Truly wtf. The record company’s seem to have the wrong idea about the whole thing. There would be no reason for this if they made music cheap enough; CD from shop $30. Digital download $30. So with no manufacturing and distribution costs they charge the same amount?? Stupid, if they charged a much smaller fee everyone would pay = end of music copying period.

By: PPCA: Businesses Must Pay More for Background Music « money business bookmarking

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:50:47 +0000

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By: wraptinweb

wraptinweb — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:25:57 +0000

We used to have a small cafe, and I swapped to Magnatune. I now use it for online videos too. There are different licences and you KNOW the money actually goes to the artist (Not like the record companies). The wide variety of music handles most situations.

There were only a few days a year our cafe was full, and we could never afford a fee like the one proposed. If we want to keep music in society (and most of us do) then we have to find alternatives to the big IP squattocracy. I can feel a blog entry coming on.

By: stop dreaming start action

stop dreaming start action — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:38:06 +0000

yess … funny gym man

By: Society and Culture: PPCA Businesses Must Pay More for Background Music

Society and Culture: PPCA Businesses Must Pay More for Background Music — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:56:30 +0000

[...] for the ability to play copyrighted music. In some cases the increase will be some 2,000%!Source:http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86460/aussie-record-labels-demand-5-pmember-gym-tax/ Posted by Andy B at [...]

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:45:30 +0000

I hope that some of the record companies will eventually be courageous enough to reduce all of these licensing restrictions.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:51:02 +0000

You’re right I’m sorry, because artists hold such huge sway with record labels (WTF?).

Plus, some of these entities, like Soundexchange for example, collect the monies and then never distribute it to artists.
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18864

By: Addie

Addie — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:19:08 +0000

What a slanted article. Don’t forget that the Austrailian agency in question (despite it’s name) is ALSO collecting performance monies for THE ARTISTS. Just like ASCAP and BMI do in America. How the the composers and artists got left out of this “greed” article is amazing. No… I’m not suggesting that artists are greedy, but you’re saying this is all about record company greed. It’s not. Bad work.