Comments on: Bars and Clubs To Pay More Taxes on Music?

By: quay quoffenheimer

quay quoffenheimer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:09:00 +0000

I truly hope that it is based on ad-revenue. Here in portland we have KABOO 90.7 fm, which is the only station bringing scheduled mixes of world/electronica/downbeat/dubstep/dnb/hiphop they bring underground djs on, and have NO ADVERTISING. Community radio!! woo!

By: quay quoffenheimer

quay quoffenheimer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:09:00 +0000

By: larry howe

larry howe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:55:48 +0000

we all are tax to much now. where does it stop. stand up and say

NO MORE TAX

By: animalelipse

animalelipse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:46:32 +0000

I am a college radio DJ in addition to club/mobile DJ, and I'm really afraid of what this will do to college radio stations. Does anyone know whether these royalties are going to be a flat royalty (e.g. 5 cents per song play) based on advertising revenue (i.e. lower royalties for stations with little revenue and greater royalties for stations with a lot of revenue). If it's based on ad revenue, I'd imagine that college radio stations wouldn't be adversely impacted, since there is generally no advertising on college radio stations.

But even if it's linked to ad revenue and not a flat fee, I think there's something patently unfair about trying to take a cut from radio stations. I already paid for the music, no double dipping!

By: DvlsAdvct

DvlsAdvct — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:53:45 +0000

[quote comment=""]Taxes will not increase the earns of musicians or composers, it´s just USA going to the red hole of communism.[/quote]

Um… Burns, this isn't a tax, and has nothing to do with a form of economy. Well, arguably it is because of capitalism that this is happening at all.

Please, don't spread this kind of misinformation.

By: Burns

Burns — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:56:51 +0000

Taxes will not increase the earns of musicians or composers, it´s just USA going to the red hole of communism.

By: Ean Golden

Ean Golden — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:17:06 +0000

@ DVLSadvct:

Fantastic summary, very on point and succinct. I agree completely

By: Dvlsadvct

Dvlsadvct — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:01:13 +0000

Technically we are not, as DJs, allowed to reproduce any music that is licensed from ASCAP or any other agency without paying fees as members. Whether you are a wedding DJ, a mobile DJ, or a club DJ. Now, clubs should, arguable, pay those fees as the DJ is an employee of the club, but I'm sure many people don't. But this legislation has nothing to do with clubs or bars. They are already covered under paying ASCAP.

This legislation is entirely in regards, it seems, to terrestrial radio, and has nothing to do with clubs, unless those clubs are live broadcasting to AM/FM radio (which would be kinda cool).

Terrestrial radio has been dying anyway. It's odd, though, cause with TV now going completely digital it's really only a matter of time before terrestrial radio goes completely digital. And then what?

The thing is, though, that radio stations are using this music to make money on advertising. Really, if it wasn't for the music most radio stations wouldn't make money from advertising because people wouldn't tune in to just hear the advertising. So, the copywritten product the artist has produced is being used so someone else can make money. The theory is that they are now entitled to a cut of the profit, or to be paid to have their goods used in a for-profit basis. The promotion is good, but the model needs to change as the system is changing, so this is a step in that direction.