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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
FEBRUARY 2, 1924
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public were getting the same discount, so that
to-day the actual retail price of much of the
music sold is substantially less than the printed
price on the publication.
Move a Result of Resolution of Publishers'
It was also brought out at the meeting that
Association Favoring Printing Actual Prices the printing of prices on music, from which to
on Sheet Music
figure a discount, no longer served any useful
purpose, but undoubtedly opened up a way to
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 26.—Approval of
unscrupulous retailers to charge a higher price
the Federal Trade Commission has been given to unsuspecting persons than is contemplated
the resolution adopted on October 2 at the by the publisher. For a long time the indus-
Trade Practice Submittal held in New York by try has been seeking some method of eliminat-
a number of members of the Music Publish- ing this practice.
ers' Association of the United States and Com-
The resolution adopted at the October meet-
missioner Van Fleet, recommending that the ing provided that "we believe the proper way
retail price be marked on all sheet music.
of marking prices on music is to use the price
The purpose of the October meeting was to at which it is expected the music will sell for
develop for the use of the trade some method at retail under conditions of normal competi-
of protecting that part of the public which tion."
could not secure discounts from the higher
This resolution, which has been given the ap-
prices which they paid as a result of the great
spread of the discount evil. It was brought proval of the Federal Trade Commission, will
out at the meeting that for many years it has be put into effect as soon as possible, and the
been the practice of the publishers to print trade has been requested by the commission to
sheet music at prices approximately one-third fix a date at which the change shall be made
higher than the actual retail selling price. This effective.
practice arose from the custom of granting to
Bob Schafer, who for a number of years has
music teachers a discount, usually one-third,
from the price printed on the publication, which been connected with the professional staffs of
was to compensate teachers for.their time in some of the leading popular publishers, has
selecting their music, etc. Teachers gradually joined the Broadway Music Corp. and will look
dropped into the practice of having their pupils after the orchestra department and its radio
request the discount and in a few vears the plugs.
Trade Commission Gives
Approval to Real Prices
Yes We Publish
Bill Would Permit Free
Use of Copyrighted Music
Measure Introduced in Congress by Representa-
tive Newton, of Minnesota, Would Permit
Playing Such Music in Theatres and by Radio
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 29.—Amendment
of the copyright law so as to permit the playing
of copyrighted music in theatres or radio
studios, where the performance is not directly
for profit, without payment of royalties or
license fees, is sought by Representative Walter
H. Newton, of Minnesota, in a bill he has just
introduced in Congress. The measure intro-
duced by Mr. Newton is practically the same
as that introduced on June 21, 1921, by Repre-
sentative Lampert. An effort will be made to
secure early consideration of the bill by the
Committee on Patents, as it is likely to come
to the House this session.
It is the view of Congressman Newton that
the playing of copyright music in a moving
picture theatre or for the radio is, in the first
instance, incidental to the picture that is shown
and, in the second instance, for the benefit of
the public and without remuneration to the
players. Both performances, he holds, help pop-
ularize the music and increase its sales to the
public and he believes that the theatre or radio
studio should not be required to make payment
to the publishers. He also complains that cer-
tain publishers, acting through secret represen-
tatives posing as patrons, have induced theatre
managers to play certain copyrighted music and
then demand payment of the license fee because
of such "unauthorized" rendition.
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