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Originally Posted by Mancie
It's a valid point, it's the argument performers/producers have with google.. but Watermans stuff will have been played millions of times all over the world by DJ's at clubs and discos..I doubt he gets paid anything for those plays.
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'In 2008, PPL and MCPS created a joined license, named
ProDub license, which covers the licensing for both organizations. The new licensing scheme is tiered, tier 1 costing £250 including VAT, and allowing the copying of up to 5,000 songs, up to tier 4 which costs £400 including VAT and allows the copying of up to 20,000 songs.'
Digital DJ licensing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'The licence money goes to the 3,500 record companies represented by PPL.'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4609378.stm