Compulsory Licenses

From: Paul Robinson <PAUL[_at_]tdr.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 10:40:50 -0500 (EST)

From: Paul Robinson <PAUL[_at_]TDR.COM>
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA

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James N. Myers <jnmyers[_at_]astro.ocis.temple.edu>, writes:

> A compulsory license would allow anyone to use material that
> was under copyright without permission, by simply paying the
> standard license fee, as I understand it. It's like playing a
> record on the radio. You don't need permission. You just
> have to pay the price.

BZZZT! But we have some nice parting gifts for you offstage...

Radio Stations generally get permission by paying a flat fee to BMI and ASCAP who are then issuing them a general nonexclusive license. But a record company could decide not to use BMI or ASCAP and license radio stations directly.

What *is* compulsorily licensed are juke boxes, cable TV systems, and anyone *after* the first party to record a song. (The first party to record a song must get permission, but after that, anyone else can record the song too by paying a fee per copy.)

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