<![CDATA[ASCAP To Online Music Services: Pay Up Like The Judge Told You To - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[ASCAP To Online Music Services: Pay Up Like The Judge Told You To - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 02 May 2008 02:19:38 EDT Fri, 02 May 2008 02:19:38 EDT http://idolator.com/386091/ascap-to-online-music-services-pay-up-like-the-judge-told-you-to <![CDATA[ASCAP To Online Music Services: Pay Up Like The Judge Told You To]]> http://idolator.com/386091/ascap-to-online-music-services-pay-up-like-the-judge-told-you-to#c5489288 This is great news for songwriters/music publishers. Music is being accessed by listeners on the internet at a growing rate but for some reason, very few are fighting to get the same public performance rights that they have through every other medium (radio, TV, concert venues, etc..). To me its simple, if AOL and Yahoo are making revenue via subscriptions and advertising for playing music, they should pay back a comparable percentage to the writers of the music they play. I also believe this argument should be brought to Youtube and Myspace when you factor in how imperitive music is to their success. Imagine, how cool would Youtube be if there was NO music in any of its videos?

Soper

]]> 33:386091:c5489288 Fri, 02 May 2008 02:19:38 EDT <![CDATA[ASCAP To Online Music Services: Pay Up Like The Judge Told You To]]> http://idolator.com/386091/ascap-to-online-music-services-pay-up-like-the-judge-told-you-to#c5485035 @owenmeany: that's yet to be determined, but i'm assuming they'll take this case as precedent.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:386091:c5485035 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:44:24 EDT <![CDATA[ASCAP To Online Music Services: Pay Up Like The Judge Told You To]]> http://idolator.com/386091/ascap-to-online-music-services-pay-up-like-the-judge-told-you-to#c5484967 What about BMI and SESAC artists?

owenmeany

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