Music Trade Review

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SEPTEMBER 30, 1922
MUSIC
TRADE
65
REVIEW
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He stated that at the present time there were
over 7,000,000 talking machines in the homes of
Radio Interests and Publishing Organizations Meet in General Conference to Discuss Plans the United States, all users of records, from
the manufacture of which music publishers re-
Whereby Equitable Arrangements Can Be Made for Payment of Royalties on Music
ceived royalty; that there were over 700,000
The conference called by the American So-
In opening the meeting Mr. Mills said that player-pianos in use in the United States and
ciety of Composers, Authors and Publishers, to consideration was to be given to the public that the manufacturers of player rolls to be
which the executives of the various radio broad- performance of copyrighted works within the used with such player-pianos paid the publishers
casting stations were invited and which was meaning of the law. It was the contention of a royalty on the manufacture of such products.
He said it would be the contention of pub-
held for the purpose of giving consideration to the Society that, first, the factors involved in
the recognition of the rights of copyright pro- the Association should receive recognition of lishers that to the extent that radio entertain-
prietors and the public performance of their their rights, as assured them in the copyright ment replaced the use of the above instru-
copyrighted works by radio broadcasting sta- law of 1909; second, the collection of fees, the ments or affected the sale of the products for
tions, was held in the directors' room of the amounts due for public performances by radio such instruments the publishers should be re-
offices of the American Society of Composers, broadcasting stations and from whom and how compensed.
Authors and Publishers on Wednesday, Sep- such fees should be collected were to be dis- The question was brought up as to the use of
talking machine records by radio broadcasting
tember 20.
cussed.
Nathan Burkan, the attorney for the Amer- stations and whether or not they have the
E. C. Mills, chairman of the Board of Gov
ernors of the Music Publishers' Protective As- ican Society of Composers, Authors and Pub- right to make use of such products when the
sociation, was appointed chairman of the meet- lishers, made a short talk in which he pointed royalty on the manufacture of such records
ing and the following associations and business out that the discussions were to be general had already been paid. This was answered by
Mr. Mills by saying that the right to manufac-
firms interested in radio attended: American and informal and in no wise binding.
ture
only was included in the royalty and not
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers,
In a further introduction Mr. Mills outlined
Authors League of America, Music Industries some of the outstanding features of the present the right to publicly perform. It was here re-
Chamber of Commerce, Music Publishers' Pro- methods of collecting royalties as arranged for marked "the law contemplates the copyright
tective Association, Music Publishers' Associa- by the copyright law of 1909 and those which proprietor shall, among other exclusive rights,
tion of the United States, Department of Com- have been imposed on certain users of music enjoy the exclusive and sole right of public
merce, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., in public performances for profit as arranged performance, with the exception where permis-
Radio Corp. of America, General Electric Co., for by the American Society of Composers, sion is given by the copyright proprietor to
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., G. Schirmer, Authors and Publishers and which have been another."
Mr. Townley, of the Westinghouse Electric
Inc., and the National Radio Chamber of Com- sustained in a number of decisions by Federal
& Mfg. Co., spoke in behalf of his organization
merce.
Courts as well as by the Supreme Court.
which created the original broadcasting station
as an experiment in Pittsburgh, Pa. He said
that they wanted to comply with all laws and
be most fair in their dealings with the pub-
lishers. At the present time there was no di-
rect revenue from broadcasting stations; on the
other hand, they were quite an expense. He
remarked that in case an arrangement was
made for the payment of fees to publishers
that the free talent now at the disposal of the
broadcasting stations would, naturally, in a
short space of time consider that they should
be paid for their services.
He closed by saying that he hoped the ques-
tion would be kept open for some time; that
it was indeed unfortunate, so far as his or-
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ganization was concerned, if not embarassing,
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for it to be brought up at this time, particularly
1 RECORDS
inasmuch as it was thought in some circles that
PLAYER ROLLS
the Government would finally operate the broad-
and SHEET MUSIC
casting stations and that the whole industry
"Swanee Smile$," "Eleanor"
was undergoing constant change.
"Nola" and "Romany Love"
While it was not hoped to have any decision
SAM FOX PUB. CO.
made at the meeting, there is little or no doubt
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NEW YORK CUT
that the larger factors in broadcasting activi-
ties have given consideration for some time to
the necessity, at some period not far off, of
paying royalties to publishers for the use of
copyrighted works. The meeting resulted in a
general understanding tending to recognize
music as a big factor in radio programs and
there seemed to be little or no question of the
recognition of the rights of copyright pro-
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prietors. Points to be decided are when, how
and where such royalties should be collected.
CONFERENCE HELD TO DISCUSS BROADCASTING PROBLEMS
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