AETHERPHON, global theremin family

John,

Good eye. :-)  Yes, as of 10/1/2007, PNRN is licensed with BMI.  The 
payment for the license with ASCAP went in the mail today, and I'm 
waiting for it to arrive before posting that to the site.

This doesn't change all that much.  What it permits me to do is:

* Play covers and classical works written after 1930
* Artists who are members of those organizations might get royalties

This also simplifies the music clearance process, as I now only need to 
clear the sound recording, where before I needed to clear that and the 
songwriter's rights as well.

This changes nothing for most people, as only a minority of the artists 
on Spellbound were members of ASCAP or BMI as songwriters.  But for 
those that are, it should set you up to begin receiving some royalties, 
maybe.  And a couple of thereminists who originally declined permission 
for airplay because of concerns over waiving PRO rights have now granted 
me airplay permission now that the performance licensing is covered. 
Which means....more new music coming on Spellbound! :-)


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John Hoge wrote:
> Hey Aetherphonics,
> 
> Actually this is a Spellbound question, and I have to confess I'm not
> very knowledgeable of music rights issues:
> 
> I just noticed the emblem "BMI Music Played Here" on the spellbound site.
> Does that mean Spellbound is free to play BMI recordings, or can
> artists now also play along to existing BMI recordings and they would
> be cleared for Spellbound?
> 
> It looks like good news for the show whatever the details are!
> 
> Hope you are all well out here!
> 
> Skol - John
> www.hoge-theremin.com
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