Do People get Money if There song is played on the radio?

Question

Do People get Money if There song is played on the radio?

Answer 1

On terrestrial radio ONLY the songwriters get paid.  On internet radio, the songwriters and the performance copyright holder both get paid.

Answer 2

YES...IF THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH BMI OR ASCAP

Answer 3

Radio stations pay a royalty to record companies and artists  each time a song is played.  Currently, broadcasters pay a flat fee to licensing companies or their intermediaries to play music on the airwaves, and the fee covers stations that also stream broadcasts on the Internet.  A new structure for Internet radio, introduced in March 2007, would charge Internet broadcasters on a per-song, per-listener basis.

Answer 4

Well ya got some close-to right answers and some wrong answers. But no right answers - though Judy comes closest; she's off in thinking the labels get money from radio - they currently don't (Their $ comes from from retail sales). Here's the facts:

A group representing Internet radio is currently in negotiations with the powers that be (mostly record labels, having nothing to do with any "government" as this is a civil matter) with regard to paying any legal and appropriate royalties to the people who spend their lives and devote their careers to writing, publishing and making the music we all love.

In the US, terrestrial and satellite radio both pay dearly to ASCAP/BMI/SESAC, the organizations that negotiate on behalf of the writers, composers and publishers of music. But not the artists/labels, unless they are one in the same as many singer-songwriters are. The amount the writer/publisher gets is determined by an audit of how often the song is played and a mathmatical formula takes it from there.

In the past, a symbiotic relationship has existed between radio and records. Radio plays the songs, giving them exposure and moving them up the charts creating record sales. The labels and artists benefit from this exposure that causes the records to sell. Everybody wins.

Radio and Internet Radio are now involved in a heated battle with greedy record labels who want the hard-pressed radio stations to pay ADDITIONAL money to them and the performers they represent. Including the Gazillionaires. The labels are represented by the RIAA (Recording Industry of America)

These performers would not be where they are without radio airplay, yet they want to bleed the stations for more money. This is outrageous and could be a crisis for radio, especially streaming radio.

IMHO radio stations should make a point by charging the labels for airplay, announcing the fact to make it legal (and not payola) and give them a little of their own treatment right back. This actually may happen - just to make a point.

Eventually WiFi and WiMax will make Internet radio ubiquitous and portable. That will result in an interesting situation as traditional Terrestrial, Internet and Satellite radio all compete for the same ears. My personal opinion is that satellite will probably be the overall winner.

-a guy named duh

Answer 5

Yes if a song is played on the radio that singer gets royalty money.

Answer 6

depends if it is good

Answer 7

YES

Answer 8

the performers and thier management company do, but not a listener who called in for a request.

Answer 9

The artist does get royalty money.