[BC] ASCAP and BMI and Rights

[Robert Orban]

At 07:21 AM 1/27/2006, you wrote:
>From: DANA PUOPOLO <dpuopolo at usa.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] ASCAP and BMI and Rights
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>Classical.
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>Received: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:06:48 PM PST
>From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] ASCAP and BMI and Rights
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>------ At 04:40 PM 1/26/2006, Harold Hallikainen wrote: -------
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> >Would it be possible for a broadcast station to play only music where the
> >composer is not represented by BMI, ASCAP, or SESAC?
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>All the music would have to be Public Domain or unlicensed. Not a
>very compelling format.

There is a lot of compelling 20th and 21st century "classical" music that 
is still in copyright. (Stravinsky, Copeland, Lutislovsky, 
Hindemith,  Berg. John Adams,...those are just a few names. that came to 
mind; the list goes on.) A classical station that only played works written 
before 1920 could certainly find programming to fill its day, but it would 
be ignoring a lot of fine music written more recently.

Of course, a lot of today's commercial classical stations ignore post-1920 
music anyway :-(

Bob Orban