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pkeane on May 11, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: BMI: one person listening to his own music via the...

BMI is not a record company. It is a performance rights organization. Lots of independent label artists have their work registered through BMI (myself included & I get checks quarterly from BMI). This seems crazy/greedy to me, though. How about if I put my work on a website (which I do -- free for listening or downloading)? I would hope that's not considered public performance.

rprasad on May 11, 2011 [–]

It is a public performance, which is within your rights to control as the copyright owner....unless you assigned copyright to BMI.

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