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Subject: Re: More Ethical Shit Hits the Fan
Summary: Public radio pays royalties.
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Date: 28 Jun 89 20:56:35 GMT
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Really-From: halley!halley.mp3!watson@cs.utexas.edu (William Watson)


Doug Alan <nessus@athena.mit.edu> said:
>If you copyright a piece of music, you must allow it to
>be played on non-profit radio, where you get no royalties and where
>any listener can legally copy the work off of the airwaves and listen
>to as much as they want to, without you receiving a cent.  

This is not the case, at least in the US.  Non-commercial radio stations pay
fees to ASCAP and BMI, just like commercial stations, restaraunts, and clubs.
You will not get anything from the listeners, though.

William