[grc] Reporting requirements for streaming stations

[Leo Babeu]

Otis: I'd love to get on board your program, but folks need to 
comprehend that without  paid staff and a good metadata logging system, 
you can't easily provide either real time playlists to listeners or 
report metadata to PRO's 24/7, without an enormous burden on our micro 
station's already overworked and stressed staff. I dig paying artists, 
and I'm starting to think that if BMI's dictatorial oversight  is the 
best way of getting them paid, we all have a serious problem. In our 
micro-station world, we appear to have few options. Remember this is our 
stream use BMI's overreaching on, where we often have 0,1,2,on a big 
day- 6, concurrent listeners.
Leo
KTWH-LP
On 10/13/2015 10:06 AM, Otis Maclay wrote:
> just a point:
>
> music listeners want playlists. if you do playlists (like using the 
> confessor) you can report anyway.
> and a point about reporting: artists actually get a check. when you 
> report, your giving the artists money. different from PRO's which give 
> the writer money, not the performer (unless the performer is the writer).
>
> reporting: gives money to deserving individual and provides playlist 
> for listener.
>
> O.
>
> --------------------------
> Why not give veterans a monthly stipend when they walk in the door,..  
> THEN figure out how much they're supposed to get?
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Donna Dibianco 
> <communityradiogoddess at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:communityradiogoddess at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Leo,      Usually ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and Sound Exchange take a
>     "snapshot" of your broadcast year. They will send a notice asking
>     your to report for a week's worth of broadcast. It's not as
>     ominous as most think, especially if you are using an automation
>     system that logs the details like Artist Name, Song title, Album
>     and Record label.
>      Donna DiBiancoStation Start-up Specialist
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>          On Monday, October 12, 2015 10:22 PM, Leo Babeu
>     <lepat at lakenet.com <mailto:lepat at lakenet.com>> wrote:
>
>
>      We at KTWH-LP would like to know if other LPFM's and very small
>     noncommercial webcasting radio stations have avoided the
>     requirement to
>     report music used to Sound Exchange by paying the $100 waiver of
>     reporting, only to have BMI's digital licensing arm insist on
>     reports of
>     music use for every minute of the broadcast year? If there is a method
>     to avoid this onerous reporting requirement (they are demanding
>     it, and
>     are insisting we sign an 11 page agreement that doesn't look quite
>     right
>     for a streaming LPFM), we at Two Harbors Community Radio (THCR) would
>     love to hear how it's done.
>     Thanks,
>     Leo Babeu
>     THCR
>     KTWH-LP
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