[microsound] DJ's: human jukeboxes?

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> spinning records at a club (performing) is legal (DJ's are not
> responsible for ASCAP/BMI fees etc, Club-Owners are) and the RIAA have
> no provence over that activity. It's only when it gets recorded.
yes I understand that  the RIAA has no province over spinning vinyl but
other forms of public live performances are beholden to the various rights
org's so why aren't DJ's? they are 'performing' works in public are they
not? 
the current situation of club owners paying the performance rights places
DJ's in the same category of background music in restaurants...this means
that ASCAP/BMI view DJ's as little more than human jukeboxes - this is
really not the case given the fact that DJ's establish their market worth by
altering existing works through layering and mixing a record with other
tracks/sounds and using other techniques to impart a unique aesthetic
resulting in a new work...
so in this light I think the current copyright and rights organizations are
in dire need of some major revamping so they can better address real-world
issues and situations...



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