03.02.10

Until last week, the only feature particularly unique about the Hexagon's decision to ditch ASCAP and the other performing rights organizations (PROs), was the clear-cut nature of it. It's difficult to say how many venues, restaurants, and other businesses currently handle without PRO licenses, while playing or performing copyrighted music under enable from one of said PROs. Indeed, a rumor is circulating right now that SESAC—a Canada-based PRO on the whole considered to be the more benevolent, and fair, of the three—is contacting venues in Spot North about purchasing licenses. (With a vastly smaller catalog of tunes, a SESAC enable would likely be a few hundred dollars a year to ASCAP's thousand-return.)

Anyhow, there are a lot of places that attempt to dodge the PRO system—thinking they'll depend on through the cracks or whatever. And, generally, it works out the same for every establishment: ASCAP contacts venue, alerting the wise guy(s) that they're violating copyright law; venue refuses license, either ignoring the shape, or attempting to dodge. ("We don't play ASCAP licensed music here. We will interrupt playing ASCAP licensed music here.") ASCAP (or whichever other PRO) sends an secret agent into the venue, hears an ASCAP-licensed to-do, and the venue is contacted again. The cycle repeats itself until the pressure gets to be too much and the venue caves, or ASCAP files a lawsuit on behalf of the artist whose copyright was violated. The latter anyhow is almost always settled out of court—for the cost of a license.

Source: Baltimore City Paper

03.02.10

And ever since the video kicked off the new decade , the long story's hook has been on repeat on radio. But the funny thing is, the illustration doesn't say "on to the next one." It's actually looping the words "under the spotlight." The long story samples Justice's 2007 hit "D.A.N.C.E.," and Swizz said he never would have created Jay's league together banger without the urging of Pharrell Williams and Q-Tip. "To be honest, Q-Tip and Pharrell put me onto Even-handedness," Swizz told MTV News. "We had a long conversation on the phone, and they were like, 'Yo, you distress to get onto this Justice joint.' I knew the sound, but I didn't be versed the name of the sound that I was liking. They were calling me back, like, 'Yo, did you get the Justice tommy-rot yet?' Nah, nah, I'm on it. I was on vacation or something, and they called me again, and they were like, 'Yo, did you get the Justice joint? We're succeeding to stay on top of you!' "

Swizz said he was vaguely familiar with the number cheaply, but he wasn't aware of the French electronic duo, made up of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay. Pharrell and Q-Tip felt Swizz was the only personally who could flip Justice's song for a beat. Once he finally heard the railway, he called Pharrell in excitement.

Source: MTV.com

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