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Fitness Industry Versus PPCA

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  • Started 5 months ago by Jacket
  • Latest reply from Oxygen Sensor

  1. Jacket
    Member

    Hi all,
    interesting issue in the Australian fitness industry - local music rights controller Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) are wanting to increase the fees they charge the industry.

    If however the industry or even a particular gym simply chose instead to use appropriately CC licenced music, possibly even opting to pay some fees direct to the artists they have downloaded could provide them an out.
    The proposal will see an increase in fees from the industry go from $1.5 million a year to $100 million a year!

    http://www.taxonfitness.org

    I immediately thought of Creative Commons artists...

    Jack@!

    Posted 5 months ago #

  2. Yagan Kiely
    Member

    Or they will merely use copyright free music, or live music.

    The increase in fees is laughable, especially when virtually none of the money ends up in the Artist's hands.

    Posted 4 months ago #

  3. Jacket
    Member

    This is an opportunity I thought for Creative Commons artists to approach Fitness program providers, such as Les Mills and offer their work.
    The Les Mills latest CD offering had only 50% PPCA controlled works - if that becomes 100% then Creative Commons licenced music may have a new market.

    I agree that the increase in fees is off the scale, and the fitness industry would be better off approaching Artists directly! Creative Commons is being promoted by the PPCA putting its fees up!

    Jack

    Posted 3 months ago #

  4. Early Learning Toys
    Member

    It will be interesting to see how this pans out, because I can see the majority of smaller gyms not even changing the music they play.

    How the PPCA plans on enforcing it will be interesting indeed...

    Posted 2 months ago #

  5. Anonymous

    This is an opportunity I thought for Creative Commons artists to approach Fitness program providers, such as Les Mills and offer their work.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  6. Oxygen Sensor
    Member

    the increase in fees is ridiculous! This fitness music genre is ripe for entrepreneurs. I wonder if there is a fitness/gym version of Muzak - the ubiquitous elevator music remade for gyms.

    Posted 1 month ago #

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