[Infowarrior] - Music cartels want royalties for 30-sec samples

[Richard Forno]

Music groups want royalties from iTunes samples, more
updated 08:35 am EDT, Thu September 17, 2009ASCAP, others want online  
performance fees

Music royalty groups ASCAP and BMI are pressing online music stores  
like Apple's iTunes to pay performance fees not only for actual song  
downloads but also videos and even the 30-second samples used to  
preview the music in advance. While these stores already pay the  
distribution fees for the songs themselves, ASCAP, BMI and labels  
claim that just downloading and playing the content also counts as a  
live performance and should bring an extra fee.

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