[LINK] More about iiNet suit - legal opinion on their side it seems

Richard Chirgwin rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au
Wed Nov 26 20:37:22 AEDT 2008


Chris Gilbey wrote:
> All 
>
> Here is how public performance of copyright material actually works:
>
> (This is my first posting to Link so hopefully this will actually be posted,
> but I hate to see misinformation posted and since I have been both a
> songwriter, a publisher, and a director of APRA, it seems I know a bit about
> the discussion on public performance of songs).
>
> * Public performance of copyright works is permitted for any work.
>
> * APRA collects the public revenues from public performances of songs.
>
> * The artist performing does not pay to perform a work. The venue pays. It
> is part of the license provisions that they have.
>
> * The artist is obliged to fill in a report noting the works performed.
>
> Regards
>
> Chris Gilbey
>   
Echoing Jan, thanks and welcome ... I will confess that in deference to
deafness, it's more than a decade since I actually worked for musicians,
so my memory was hazy.

<bad act> What's that? Something about coffee lights? </bad act>

Richard Chirgwin
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