Originally Posted by
VAisForEagleLovers
I don't think they get royalties for regular radio here in the US? I'm pretty sure that's what I've read. Most countries pay royalties and satellite radio and internet radio here in the US. This is the only country that I know of where large corporations can make money from other people's copyrighted material without having to pay for it, and this is only in radio. Other types of copyrighted material aren't free use. I've often wondered if it was songwriters only that got the royalties, or if it's a split, or even if it's different by country or even different by type (internet or satellite radio).