plus if you download any of Paul's/Fragiles stuff illegally he will come round and smack your face in
EXACTLY! :argue: Regarding PRS / PPL. When a track gets signed to a record label the artist will get a %age from record sales. If the artist joins the PRS for a one off lifetime membership fee of £117.50, they will receive payment every time their music is played on Radio 1, or broadcast in a public space. This is money that has nothing to do with the record label and is paid direct to the artist. Radio Stations, bars and clubs have to pay a license fee to the PRS to allow them to play music which goes into a big pot of money and this is where the payments to artists come from. Radio 1 is monitored 24hrs a day so if your music is played on there you're pretty much guaranteed to receive some money. Other radio stations are also monitored but not all of them are monitored as frequently as Radio 1 so you're less likely to receive money if your music is played on Kiss FM or Galaxy. Also, clubs and bars are monitored but this is just a random sample so there's no guarantee the tracks will be picked up, so the artist won't get paid. PPL on the other hand, is where a record label joins (for free) and then every time their 'records' are broadcast on radio they will also receive some payment (this has nothing to do with the artist). Artists can also join the PPL so that they receive some small payment for every time a track they 'perform on' is broadcast by radio. The PRS and PPL is how artists and record labels can still continue making some money from their music long after the records have stopped selling in the shops. As far as I can see, the new digital licenses have been brought in because the current licenses were brought in before anyone had even heard of an mp3 or digital download. I still think it's aimed at the professional mobile DJs that use laptops to play at weddings and birthdays etc but it doesn't take into account the huge no. of small / occasional dance music DJs who might only play out in public a handful of times a year.
In my view it was a knee-jerk reaction (and a bad one) to the advent of digital downloading... It's hardly going to help the scene as it stands, the only reason they'll be able to get away with it at present is because of the relatively small number of DJs who download legitimately. It seems like they've tried to stamp unworkable controls and limitations on it (which I bitched about in my last rant about the subject) to prevent it becoming prevalent, which it eventually will...
After reading all your "justified" comments iam going legal but if i cant find a tune on the websites posted on this topic iam using the illegal way. That also goes if i cant find the record on chemical,juno and htfr. Also why iam complaining i spend about £70 a mounth on records!! The ppl licence pisses me off i doubt the money goes to the record label your playing your legal downloads. :angel2:
