John Simson, the executive director of SoundExchange, an industry organization that collects royalties for record labels and artists is right.
He wrote in a recent Inside Radio commentary "People should be fairly paid for the work they do".
I think what Simson means is that record labels and artists should be fairly paid for the work they do.
But radio stations should be fairly paid for the work they do -- sell the record labels' product.
In other words, while Simson is trying to put the squeeze on radio stations for additional performance fees, radio stations should be charging the labels and artists for all&hellip
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