DARK DAY: COPYRIGHT BOARD SETS RATES TO BE PAID BY MUSIC STREAMING SERVICES

REPOSTED FROM BILLBOARD CHARTING ARTIST ROB TARDIK... 
Every other trade goes up in cost and value, except the arts...

 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the future folks and I am at a loss for words. WHY CREATE MUSIC/CD’s ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO VALUE FOR WHAT MUSICAL ARTISTS CREATE. First its digital download, illegal download sites, then iTunes lets you cherry pick your favorite songs for .99 cents and now this!!! VERY SAD DAY!! Its hard to stay positive and creative in these drastically changing times.

ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Rob Tardik

www.robtardik.com

2011/12 Top 10 U.S Billboard Charting Artist

2013 Metal Works Institute Guitar Faculty, & Merriam School of Music Faculty

2010 Canadian Smooth Jazz Guitarist of the Year

2007 Mississauga Established Performing Artist of the Year

 

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Subject: COPYRIGHT BOARD SETS RATES TO BE PAID BY MUSIC STREAMING SERVICES

 

COPYRIGHT BOARD SETS RATES TO BE PAID BY MUSIC STREAMING SERVICES

Today, the Copyright Board of Canada issued a decision setting the royalties for non-interactive and semi-interactive Internet music streaming services and similar services for their use of sound recordings.


     The decision also set the royalties payable by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as well as by non-commercial webcasters for their webcasting activities.
 

    The tariff rate for commercial webcasters is set at 10.2 cents per 1,000 plays, payable to Re:Sound, the not-for-profit agency that collects performance rights income for artists and record companies.  While Re:Sound was asking for a rate of between $1 and $2.30 per 1,000 plays, the rate set by the Board is close to what the users participating in the hearing (including Pandora) were suggesting.
 

     Since the Board sets a rate per play, the total amount of royalties paid by each webcaster will vary according to the number of plays made during a year. The Board estimates however that a large music streaming service, with annual revenues of about $130,000, will pay annual royalties of about $7,000.

    Smaller sized webcasters will pay a lower amount, subject to a minimum fee of $100 per year.
 

    For CBC, the tariff rate is set at 13.1 cents per 1,000 plays. This slightly higher rate is essentially a reflection of a higher use of the Re:Sound repertoire by CBC than by commercial webcasters.
 

     The Board estimates that as a result of the rate it sets, CBC will be paying annual royalties of about $36,000.
 

    Finally, the tariff rate for non-commercial webcasters is set at $25 per year.

    According to the Board, this fee is appropriate given the incidental nature of the webcasting activities of community systems and other not-for-profit webcasters.