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Even though I live in the US I am not really sure how the royalties system works here. In Spain there is a society, called SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores Esp
by tassl 15y ago
Even though I live in the US I am not really sure how the royalties system works here. In Spain there is a society, called SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores Espanyoles) that collects the money from the artist that they represent. This society is really related with the current political party in power (PSOE) and since the judicial power has been consistently saying what the current links says (linking to copyright infringing material is no infringement) they are pursuing a law to evade the judges and close websites without any requirement from the judge.
If a hair salon (for example) in the US plays music of an artist, do they have to pay a canon/fee for playing this music? I am asking because I am still shocked than in Spain they have to pay the SGAE...
- Devilboy 15y agoIf a business in the US plays music, even if it's just a cafe or a hair salon, even if it's just a public radio station, yes they have to pay a license fee. http://www.ascap.com/licensing/ http://www.ascap.com/licensing/
- ghostDancer 15y agoThe big problem with SGAE and other similar organizations is that they don't explain what they do with the money and how they distribute it to their members, in fact now the managers od the SGAE are now being accused of theft and mismanagement of the money using it for their own businneses instead of for what is supposed to be. And the problem is that the government which should control then failed to do it. And in Spain even the blank CDs and DVDs have a tax that goes to them, so imagine how much money they control.
- saool 15y agoIt's Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, and it doesn't collect money anymore. EU rendered their business illegal and recent corruption news obliged the government to pass a bill taking away their right to collect, afaik.
- tassl 15y agoYou're right about the name, but I think they still collect money, what they're not collecting right now is just the digital canon.
- mobiplayer 15y agoThey're not collecting the digital canon from companies.