Aussie Royalty Group Scores Massive Fitness Class Royalty Hike

then again some paintings are lent , they may have been bought from a painter but so do musicians get paid for making songs,,,could go on forever,,cost less than .50cents to make a cd n they charge $30 dollars at the counter,,shopkeeper makes about $6 then pays wages rent yada yada,,big business gone mad,,bring on the fall of the roman empire

That is interesting, a museum doesn't keep paying an artist for the painting, even though it brings in customers for a tour. I guess it's the way it's set up, the museum would pay a lot of money for the painting, but it then has total ownership of it. Music sells for a low price in whatever form, but then it can be made into sheet music, recordings, tabs, piano rolls or whatever, and those can have further value and be sold, but they are the same notes that the composer wrote, or that the publisher put out. There's a big trickle up effect, where users all along the line are supposed to keep paying upwards, and it's especially scrutinized if any profit is being made by the use of the music. That's why a gym would be slammed, because music is a tool for them, it sets the mood and timing of the exercise, warm up, cool down period. To be hit with a sudden fee seems pretty harsh though, and I hope that it brings change, like a gym paying a local artist directly for tracks or videos to use free and clear, or maybe even a gym network with artists that can supply special music much cheaper. There are thousands of gyms in the world, more than there are radio stations, so it could be a big market. I read that some gyms have gone to having people bring their own personal music players, but that would only be good if you're doing a round on the solo machines. If it's a class you need some heavy beat music on the speakers. I guess the thing of it is, you never really own music, and when you think of it, it's a pretty sad state of affairs all around, dealing with rights issues it's just hard to do the right thing no matter how much you try. Listeners can have their rights to listen taken away at any moment, or be fined big for downloading it or playing it at their business. Creators always have to be worried about someone stealing from them, sampling, remixing. It puts a lot of tension in the air, and gets a lot of folks mad at each other over something that's supposed to be a creative thing. Change needed.

I've noticed that the australian judicial system often seems to rule in this greedy totalitarian fashion. I figure thats why their culture is so stunted. How many films or music artists from australia have made a worldwide impact? Other than mad max and the bee gees? I also find it telling that their other most famous export besides those two examples is rupert murdoch. I can live without them personally.

ppca say that the music adds to the class, well when i was djing I also worked in a record store so how about they get some bills for advertising by us (djs gyms,restaurants etc) nearly every monday I would get 3 to 5 people asking about songs I played sat nite at the club,and this would go on till thursday.also this tribunal is an independant body ,what made up of failed musos as is the ppca . we have allready paid for the music but arent allowed to play it unless we pay again,so does this mean going on copyrite crappology if i look at a painting does the family of the painter get some money or because its been sold to a museum the museum has to pay a copyright ass because paintings are not allowed to be reproduced,,dont get me wrong im all for the artist getting a fair share but didnt the company pay them(never enough) anyway, I used to be in bands (failed singer)and one the guys went on to a bit bigger thing in a city . he was a great songwriter but didnt get far,,years later tells me he gets a royalty check jus because he registered his songs,they dont get playedbut he registered them.. Lets have a lilttle dig into whose running apra ppca, where the money goes and whats the law on this, otherwise lets just send every rec company bills for advertising dj ramjet

Start now Rob, get some of the royalty free tracks into the playlists to get members used to them, and cultivate relationships with royalty free music producers so that they will keep you up on their latest releases. You might even be able to find soundalike tracks you can use in place of Kylie Minogue's music, since that is so extremely popular. In the USA I believe that gyms, cafes, clubs and other places that deliberately play music pay fees to ASCAP and BMI once a year and are done with it. I don't know if that's set by the capacity of the place or what, but I think it's been done the same way for years.

OOOOppps hit enter before completing above... I will look for atists who would benefit from air-play in our clubs and bypass the whole structure if they bring this approach into NZ. I believe clubs have been paying a fair fee up to this point and that most would accept a reasonable increase over time but this is ridiculous. These levels will simply encourage business owners to be more creative in finding ways around this music tax.

Dear Australians, I will write you some crappy techno music to play during your workout classes. That way you can tell these bozos that you don't have to pay them and their insipid lawyers a penny. Actually, there's plenty of royalty-free creative-commons dance music out there. So I don't have to write any of it for you.. which is best for all of us, really. Still, you should totally quit playing Kylie Minogue while you make people exercise. Exercise is tiresome enough without having to listen to Kylie Minogue.