Brian:
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">There needs to a PRO license fee paid so that writers are compensated.</font>


Yes, writers get compensated under the present system. But not the right writers. No matter what songs you perform in that little coffee shop, Shania Twain (BMI) is going to get some of the fee, because she's got a song at #13 on the Billboard Country chart this week.

I agree it is important to protect the whole system of copyrights and not let it lapse by not collecting the blanket fee. But the present distribution system is not fair to the unknown songwriter.

[This message has been edited by pd (edited 12-16-2003).]