A dj buys music for about R20 a track and/or R90 an album. He/she gets bookings for plus minus 6 gigs a week(im talking about real djs) of which he charges 5k plus a gig. Thats about 30k a week and an average of 100k a month. The producer only gets R20/R90. Lets not forget that all rights of the producer and the owner of reproduced work are reserved. Unauthorised copying, public performance, broadcasting and hiring out directly/indirectly of the recordings is prohibited. Playing music that you downloaded LEGALLY with the objective to get paid for it, is seen as performance and needle time royalties has to be paid from such a performance. Producers who play their own production are an exception. SAMROs idea of introducing an annual license fee and a monthly subscription to the djing trade is one that cannot just be brushed off. Most producers may benefit a great deal and most djs may suffer a great deal from this move. At the end of it all, a producer should not suffer at the hands of a bedroom dj who illegally downloads the music, share it on datafile host and perform it at gigs for a ridiculously reduced fee. I am going to make it my responsibility to get a SAMRO Official to join us at the DnST Music Conference just to come and tell us the rationale behind the whole Dj license issue. Even if its for 15 minutes. I work in the Financial Advisory field and we pay annual license fees to stay active. Any vehicle user pays different license fees and tolls to make use of public roads. Why shouldnt the Dj pay anything? When you comment on this status, please be objective. Dont just come here and say SAMRO ba nyela, say something that will make us understand why Djs have to/dont have to pay those license fees.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 04:39:28 +0000
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