Commercial sound recordings represent a key input component of most radio stations functions and yet broadcasters continue to pay broadcast fees well below what the proper fee should be.
People forget that there are two equally important copyrights in the music business.
In most cases this will be a record company, but if you paid for the master tape, then you own the copyright in the sound recording. Consequently in every recording, there exists two copyrights. There are TWO license fees to be paid and hence TWO collection societies which collect and distribute income. Artists entitled to royalties are those who signed the record contract. Lindy Morrison is a drummer who played with The Go-Betweens and Cleopatra Wong.