A Music Industry Website That Opposes The Performance Rights Act…

I found out about the music industry website Creative Deconstruction from an eye-opening post in my friend Jim Carnegie’s Radio Business Report (RBR).  It made me want to know more about a music industry website that was actually against the Performance Rights Act.  Creative Deconstruction supports artists and bands interested in taking the music business into the future.  They advocate the need for ”Artists to have the ability to make a good living creating music” but claim that “this is not the bill to make that happen.  The Performance Rights Act amounts to little more than a last ditch maneuver by a flailing industry.”  Creative Deconstruction has put together a report titled “5 Reasons Why The Performance Rights Act Is A Bad Idea”…

It is the opinion of Creative Deconstruction that the Performance Rights Act would cripple local radio.  That’s the first reason they oppose the act.  “What makes congress think that local radio stations will be able to avoid the same fate that caused the untimely demise of more than one service provider since a performance fee was enacted on Internet, satellite and cable radio stations in 2002?”  Secondly, the PRA hurts independent artists.  That’s reason number two.  “Adding an additional fee for every song played will only make stations more unwilling to take risks on unproven acts.”  Reason number three is what CD refers to as payola.  “The RIAA values the promotional benefits of radio airtime so much that it’s willing to break the law and pay out large amounts of cash to get it, yet it now wants radio to start paying them for the privilege of providing the benefit.  Make sense? Didn’t think so.”…

Reasons four and five are that the bill is based on misinformation and the PRA doesn’t benefit musicians as much as the RIAA claims.  ”Royalties would be paid to performers and copyright owners, which in most cases are the major record labels.  After the label takes its cut, there remains the issue of whether or not the rest of the fee will ever reach the artist.”  This is pretty damning stuff from a music industry website that opposes the Performance Rights Act.  I will offer no additional comments.  Their reasoning stands on its own…  

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1915] The straphanger is born: The BMT begins subway service from Brooklyn to Manhattan…

2. 1937] Bombs away: Joe Louis makes the clock strike 12 for “Cinderella Man”, James J. Braddock by taking the heavyweight title from him with a KO in the 8th round…1938] Same date, one year later, Louis defends his title with a 1st round KO of Germany’s Max Schmeling…

3. 1944] GI Bill of Rights: FDR signs the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for WWII veterans…

4. 1945] Bloody battle: The WWII battle for Okinawa ends with 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese killed in the 83-day campaign…

5. 1969] ‘Happy Trails’: Judy Garland dies from an overdose of sleeping pills at 47…1987] Fred Astaire dies from pneumonia at 88…1993] Former first lady Pat Nixon is a victim of lung cancer at 81…2002] St. Louis pitcher Darryl Kile is found dead of heart disease at 33…2002] Advice columnist Ann Landers passes away from multiple myeloma at 83…2008] George Carlin dies of heart failure at 71…

6. 1970] Too young to drink but old enough to fight and vote: President Richard Nixon signs a measure lowering the voting age to 18…

7. 1977] Serving the time: Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell begins serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up…

8. 1981] Guilty as charged: Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon…

9. 1987] The end of ‘The Franchise’: After spending over two weeks training for a comeback with the Mets, Tom Seaver retires, finishing his Hall of Fame career with 311 victories — 198 wearing a Met uniform.  Tom Seaver today…

10. 1992] What were the Supes thinking?: The Supreme Court unanimously rules that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violate free-speech rights…

Music Memories:

• 1959] Released on this date: “Memphis“ - Chuck Berry…1963] “Wipeout“ - Surfaris…1963] “Fingertips” - Little Stevie Wonder…1968] “Classical Gas” - Mason Williams…

“Happy Birthday…happy birthday”: Carson Daly (36), Cyndi Lauper (56), Meryl Streep (60), Todd Rundgren (61), Howard Kaylan (62), Brit Hume (66), Kris Kristofferson (73) and Ralph (John Walton Sr.) Waite (81)…









       

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