Billy Corgan wants broadcast radio to pay performers
Found on CNet News on Monday, 09 March 2009
"Simply put, if a station plays a song, both the author and the performer should be paid," he continued. "These particular performances must have value to the stations or they wouldn't be playing them."
Corgan was testifying on behalf of the Performance Rights Act, which "would close a loophole in copyright law that allows music radio stations to earn billions every year without compensating the artists and musicians," according to a statement from the legislation's backers.
Then let's reverse this argument: "If the author and the performer earns money from a sold CD, they should pay the stations for promoting their music to a wide audience". It's easy to demand money everywhere your music is played; but if you do so, think about what will happen when those players decide to stop that.