Re: How does royalty work for music played on radio?

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David Eduardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"David Kaye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> If I'm not mistaken, a song doesn't count as as requiring a license
>> unless more than 1 minute is played of it.  When I worked in
>> talkradio, theme music was something like 50 or 55 seconds to make
>> sure that there was no way it would slip above the minute mark.
>
>Wrong. Talk staitons usually have a licence that covers incidental use of
>music, both in commercials and in bumpers or even in interviews. The length
>of the sample is not relevant.

That web site originally mentioned mentions 90 seconds for a performance.

So does the incidental license pay a different rate to the performers?