Orrin Hatch is a good legislator. He is off base on this one. We do not need to lose jobs because someone feels that they are righting a percieved wrong. Everyone in Utah needs to step up and support our radio staions on this one.

This is a property right issue. There are two copyrights on music, the writer and the performer. If a song is played over the radio, radio stations pay writers for their copyright but not the performers. But if you go online to listen to the same station...the radio station is paying the writer AND the performer. Why is the property right recognized over the internet and not the radio?
It is dangerous to ask Congress to say, "your property right is not valid for economic reasons." It would be like asking Congress to condemn all the dairies in Utah because economically people would be better off if Wal-Marts were built where the dairy farms are located because Wal-Mart sales cheap products.
I really don't care how the radio stations and performers come to a compromise....but I just want property rights defended and not Congress deciding who the winners and losers are regarding property rights. That is why I disagree with the current bill Congress is considering.
Establishing property rights is one of the things that made this country great. Maybe it is time to get back to the basics.

The writers and performers should be paying the radio stations for advertising there work just like anyone else who pays to advertise and promote there product.

Why do you listen to the radio?

Without the writers and performers, radio would not have a product to sell and no one would have any reason to listen to the radio.

Suggesting writers and performers should pay radio stations to play their music is like suggesting dairy farmers pay grocery stores to sell their milk.

Here's what WILL happen if the bill passes....All radio stations will STOP playing the music from the labels that was the stations to pay money. If the public don't hear the music they won't buy the CD. Radio stations will start looking for songs from local and struggling artists that are looking for air time. The labels are bitting the hand that feeds them. The labels are slowly fading out, and the big CEO's don't like it. Record labels WILL soon be a thing of the past. All the bands don't make money from the labels, they make money by going on tour and selling their t-shirts, etc.