PERFORMING RIGHTS.
INQUIRY IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Oct. 13. At the Performing Rights Inquiry-to-day Mr H. P. Williams, general manager of the 'Australian Broadcasting Commission, outlined the case for the broadcasting stations and the public. Ho said that there was serious objection to the heavy unit charge of 2s 44d demanded by the Australian Performing Rights Association. This charge would become 9s 6d per item if relayed from a main station. It was also proposed to increase the present charges in the event of additional listeners taking up radio, so that when the number of licensed listeners reached, say, 700,000, the unit charge would be come 4s 6Jd, aggregating £56,000 a year, which was preposterous. Mr Williams emphasised that there was serious doubt respecting a large quantity of music, now regarded as copyright, whether the original authors and composers had not long since ceased to receive any share of the fees. There was also grave doubt whether a considerable amount of music which should pass into the possession of the community was not being exploited for copyright fees.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 270, 14 October 1932, Page 7
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177PERFORMING RIGHTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 270, 14 October 1932, Page 7
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