Re: Music lic fees for stores

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

>Personally, the unions should thank their lucky stars that radio is out
there
>playing their product.  Without radio or other music delivery services,
music
>would not be exposed to the public and thus would not be purchased.  I
don't buy
>the "background music" or "making money off their product" arguments.
>Mike Thomas

Without distribution, as it were, they'd be pushing new artists via low-rent
PI spots on TV along with Marty Robbins compilations.  There's something to
be said for grabbing some royalties, but it sounds like the recovery system
is woefully flawed and not fairly distributed.

Bill O'Neill

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