"birdwalk" wrote in message
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For printed use, this is true with one big boobytrap. They also get to =
use any copyrighted material for the government job, BUT, the original =
copyright carries through. In this case, assuming the same rules, AFTRA =
could run a Glenn Miller song without payment, anyone rebroadcasting =
would have to have a license from Glenn Miller Inc. for the song and no =
license for the DJ patter around the song.

AFTRA is a union representing announcers and air talent. It has nothing to
do with playing a song.

In the US, the artist is not compensated for Analog broadcast of music.
Composers and Authors are, via blanket collection agencies ASCAP, BMI and
SESAC. Each charges radio and TV stations (and even web streamers) a fee in
proportion to station size for usage of the music in the catalogs they
represent.

In the case of the FCC vs. George Mayoral, Alfredo Ramirez de Arellano, et.
al., the issue was rebroadcast without authorization of the program content
of another radio station. The FCC does not have jurisdiction on music
license issues.