Posted by bo peep on 11/03/05 22:47

<<The Radio stations gave us "Free Access" to music and still do>>

It's free to you, but it's definitely not free to the radio station.
Each station has to pay a performance royalty every time they play a
song on the air, with that money eventually going back to the
performer. Some of the royalty money (actually the majority of the
royalty money) goes to the person who wrote the song, or the person who
currently owns the song. That's why you see so many current performers
writing their own material - it gives them way more income than just
being a singer. Radio air play is a major source of income for some
writers and performers, over and above CD sales.

John Cowart

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