Naxos Waives Performance Complement
May 26th, 2010 by Phil JohnsonThis week there was a small, but not insignificant, bit of news for you classical music folks: NPR has secured an agreement from Naxos, one of the world’s largest classical music labels, to waive the performance complement of the DMCA. This waiver applies to all public radio stations covered by the CPB-SoundExchange agreement and eliminates the need to abide by the performance complement for any classical music whose rights are held by Naxos.
So – good news! Couple of things to bear in mind here:
1. This does not affect the reporting of classical music to SoundExchange via Public Interactive; that is, the same reporting rules continue to apply (e.g. report each track separately, include album titles, etc.).
2. This only applies to stations covered by the CPB-SoundExchange agreement. If your station has not explicitly opted-in to be covered by the deal, then the waiver does not apply to you.
3. The waiver only applies to the playing of recordings owned by Naxos.
NPR views this as, hopefully, the beginning of a process of approaching other labels as well. Let’s all cross our fingers. It’s the little things…
May 27th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Great news! Any links to official documents or the text of the agreement anywhere?
June 1st, 2010 at 8:17 am
Unfortunately, I don’t have the actual text of the agreement, or a link to it. Interested folks can contact Mike Riksen or Denise Leary at NPR for further information and details.
June 1st, 2010 at 9:48 am
AMPPR is making the waiver available to its member stations upon request.