Comments on: The truth uncovered: Playing music in your business environment is too expensive

By: Russ Curry

Russ Curry — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:58:06 +0000

Thanks – you reassure me!
I’m all for keeping costs down, but I’m with you about ‘doing the right thing’.
All of what our company does (selling video content for DOOH – including music videos) is based on exploitation of creative works and we are very careful to make sure that all rights owners get paid. We’ve heard stories of one competitor who’s been sailing a bit too close to the wind a couple of times and of course they got caught out and caused themselves and their clients great embarrasment. Which is not good, but worse, it was the the end-user customer ( a retail chain) that got sued first and thats really not good for our industry. We all work hard to develop our businesses so anything that goes against this is to be strongly discouraged.
You do well to explain the issues around music rights to your readers – its true that there are many misunderstandings around – so keep up the good work!

By: DigitalSignageBlog

DigitalSignageBlog — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:54:09 +0000

Music should be definitely paid for and I’m not suggesting that musicians who are not be paid. My post was more relating to the licensing fee and requirements – just advising businesses to do the “right thing”.
Thanks for your comments and for participating in the discussion. I always love to hear what other people think.

By: Russ Curry

Russ Curry — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:35:44 +0000

I assume that you’re not disputing the fact that music should be paid for?

And surely you are not suggesting that musicians who are not signed to a label shouldn’t be paid at all..???

I don’t know how it works in Australia but in Europe artists can join collecting societies without passing via a label and can therefore benefit from ‘neighbouring rights’ – i.e. the use of music other than directly from record sales.
You might suggest to Legaci that they check out the rights situation and take whatever action they need to in order to be able to earn a living from their creative endeavours.