Originally Posted by John Lawrence Schick
When you're talking PRO royalties it is the PRO's responsibility. The improper licensing issue can happen whether it be an exclusive or non-exclusive library. Again, it depends on the integrity of the library. You seem to think the non-exclusive gang are the only culprits.

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A matter of opinion. However the non-exclusives and the Internet have opened-up many opportunities for the independents that was never available in the past. And that's a good thing.

We're never going to see eye to eye on this issue Jody. I reckon I'm just more free-market oriented. I believe there's room for both business models. Some exclusionists want to eliminate their competition. The exclusionists weapon of choice - digital fingerprinting.


I was talking about the headache of licensing - not the PROs royalties. I agree improper licensing can happen in any event, it's not even exclusive to the library world. However, putting the same music into multiple non-exclusive libraries opens up that possibility of headaches way more than any other route.

That model may have opened up things for a while. I'm not saying it was altogether bad. However, the landscape is changing - as it always does. And that model will experience issues going forward. Technology has always led to writers/publishers being dragged into the future kicking and screaming about things.

Nope, we won't see eye to eye on it. I don't view re-titles as a good thing. Never did. It's not an exclutionist mentality. It's a sense of knowing what I value in my creations and not wanting it to go to the lowest bidder. Whether we like it or not, digital fingerprinting is here and will become the norm. The big boon for it is, catching every thing that has been used and eventually getting the money to the proper writer/publisher.

By John's definition I'm an exclusionist and not into free market, though I'm small potatoes competing against the bigger players. In my eyes, I'm an advocate for technological advancements that help me gain any kind of edge. I prefer to be in the know on how these things are changing and working. I'm also part of the group that is helping push this change along. Then again, I've always worked on pushing the tech envelope in music things. Whether it's digital fingerprinting now or having helped create the pathway to digital distribution for all non-signed artists in the past.

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