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BMI in SL - "Pay the Piper or Face the Music?" by Justine Babii of SLNN

Via Second Life News Network

Pay the piper or face the music?
by Justine Babii
November 07, 2007

SUNSET BEACH - If you own a venue or club in real life that hosts DJs or bands, then you are probably familiar with Broadcast Music, Inc. or BMI. BMI is an organization that has arranged to handle licensing fees for over 350,000 creators of music, the songwriters, composers and publishers of more than 6.5 million musical works.

If you own a club or similar venue in real life then, you pay fees to BMI. Those fees gives your DJs the right to play the copyrighted music and bands to play cover songs for those compositions that BMI represents.

If you own a club or other venue in Second Life, you might not be familiar with BMI yet, but there’s an excellent chance you will be in the near future.

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT:
http://www.slnn.com/index.php/article/about/bmi-in-sl
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luketemplar · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 314 Location: United Kingdom

So... if BMI want a percentage of the negative USD$400+ revenue I generate each month - does that mean they pay me?
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ticious · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 2086 Location: Chicago

I'm all for that Luke, but somehow, I doubt that's the way BMI would view it Wink

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Distilled1 · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 392 Location: Chicago

Luke thats how I see it too!

the laws are so fine here, as #1 when you go to pay the piper(s) you have to say is there food served? dancing? how many patrons daily and it adds it all up, well in the internet and SL you may have a one person there dancing one day and 38 the next. do they eat? NO do they really dance? (i don't know I cant see in their living room.
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Fox_Reinsch · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 32 Location: Connecticut

That's right! If you play IndieSpectrum Radio you will not have to worry about being sued by ASCAP or BMI! Not only that but you will be supporting live music and the musicians in SL instead of the record companies.

ALL the music on IndieSpectrum Radio is the original works of SL artists that have provided the music for IndieSpectrum play with the certification that they own the right to do that without affiliation with record companies.

So why not support SL musicians and not worry about going to court.

Just play http://81.169.149.182:8016

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Silas Scarborough · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 1184 Location: Rhode Island

The article is just quoting old news (e.g. net radio rates from months and months ago) and there's nothing to indicate any RIAA or BMI goon squad will be doing anything today, tomorrow, or any other time.

The DJs Take Cover flag starts flying every six months to a year but nothing has happened as a result of any of these alarms and there's nothing to indicate anything will happen as a result of this one. It's an easy button to push and this article doesn't offer anything new to push it any harder.

For something that really is changing, check out the almost total abandonment of Digital Rights Management for any online music.
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