[Jane Remedio]

In australia there is an association called the Australian Performing Rights 
Association (APRA) Radio stations pay fees to APRA so they can play the 
music on air, and it entitles them to basically do edits, fades etc.  APRA 
continually audit radio stations to see what they are playing.  I think, but 
dont quote me on this one, that artists get some money for their music that 
is used by stations.
Talking about edits though we havent taken into account that record 
companies do push for radio edits if they think the song is too long for air 
play. So in this case as a band you either give in to the record company, or 
you dont, and insist that the song go out as recorded which I'm sure the 
oils do.

Cheers,
Jane

>From: Tom Davies <tdav@wam.umd.edu>
>To: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
>Subject: Re: Fwd: [Powderworks] Powe & The Passi
>Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:55:28 -0500
>
>
>I've wondered before about this editing of songs that radio stations do. 
>How can it be legal for radio stations
>to do that to bands? I mean, if I write a song and record it, after 
>spending a lot of time getting it just
>right,  shouldn't it be my actual song that gets played on the radio, not 
>some hack's shortened version of it?
>Isn't a song the intellectual property of the band that releases it?
>
>I guess there's all sorts of weird legal stuff in the music industry. 
>Still, I'd be curious if anyone could
>explain the legal issues behind the practice of radio stations editing 
>songs.
>
>best,
>
>td
>
>
>
>3/10/02 7:47:05 PM, "Jane Remedio" <bunge91@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >I havent heard the edited radio version of P&P you are talking about but 
>a
> >producer at the radio station that you heard it on would have edited it 
>in
> >their studios and the Oils wouldnt know about it.  This practice is 
>common
> >on most commercial radio stations, to them if a song is shorter they have
> >more time to play their ads, so they get more money!.  Unfortunatley they
> >dont worry if they are murdering the song or not.
>
>
>
>
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