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malaise

(296,138 posts) Sun Apr 24, 2022, 09:28 PM Apr 2022

Serious question about Copyright [View all]

I was visiting with a good friend who is in the middle of serious grief. She is staying in her brother’s apartment. He is a serious techie.

We were remembering some of the songs her deceased daughter loved and one of her nephews suggested we use the radio on the clearly super smart TV.
So he simply said Echo please play song X and we went on for ages.
How does Amazon not owe the owners of all this music. The same question applies to Alexa and Apple

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Serious question about Copyright [View all] malaise Apr 2022 OP

Good question. nt DURHAM D Apr 2022 #1

On edit, it wasn't the radio just the internet connection malaise Apr 2022 #2

ffs dweller Apr 2022 #3

There is tons of free music available on the internet...just google what you want to hear. rgbecker Apr 2022 #4

If an artist would like to have their music played on a streaming service former9thward Apr 2022 #5

Amazon has a huge digital music section hurple Apr 2022 #6

That's what I was thinking too. SergeStorms Apr 2022 #10

most songs are posted for free by the artists/producers on youtube Takket Apr 2022 #7

YouTube ain't free PJMcK Apr 2022 #13

I meant it is posted free to the end user, not the artist. Takket Apr 2022 #15

Sorry for the misunderstanding (n/t) PJMcK Apr 2022 #17

Amazon pays a very small per-stream fee to artists Hugh P. Saschitt Apr 2022 #8

Payments are supposed to go to the publisher. The publisher is supposed to pay the songwriter Patterson Apr 2022 #9

The music business is not as crooked as you think PJMcK Apr 2022 #12

Performing Rights Organizations collect and distribute royalties PJMcK Apr 2022 #11

Streaming services pay royalties which, in part, flow to recording artists and songwriters onenote Apr 2022 #14

Exactly correct PJMcK Apr 2022 #18

Services may have streaming rights Sympthsical Apr 2022 #16