Fair Play for Creators

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Music will dry up if its creators do not receive their just reward.

Their annual Ball - if they have one - would be very quiet without MUSIC!

I am sure Google wouldn't exist if they weren't making money from they're operation, so they must expect to pay a fair rate for music, or not use it at all.

Keep up the good work guys!

The principle of payment for the use of creative and intellectual work needs defending more than ever now that the scale of exploiting media is global.

Thank you for helping to protect our intellectual rights, for too long large companies and the like have been living off our backs!

I often wonder why two thirty year olds need a billion dollars. What could possibly be cool about not paying your content providers more than a pittance & reaping vast rewards. Are Google the new bankers ??

How would Google like it if their advertisers stopped paying them for showing their adverts, lets all use a different search engine.

I think it’s important that Google realize that they must respect the work of the performers and songwriters who make the music. Google wants to use. I run Yew Tree Music, a small independent record label and I depend on PRS for Music representation as my only means of getting a fair deal in any negotiations with major internet players.

This situation seems to be indicative of a general disregard for intellectual property that the dawn of the internet has brought on. Photographers are suffering as a result of people copying and distributing their images far and wide, often being used for commercial gain, and receiving no royalties from their use. Let's hope that the latest government review on copyright sorts it out and gets a fair deal for creative professionals.

YouTube's a great idea - Music on You Tube is an even greater one! Everyone can benefit - let's make sure everybody does....including the hard working music creators who fill the silences with a bit of magic and help to make You Tube such an attractive and egalitarian medium!

The work of music creators should be paid for by businesses who benefit from its use.

We need to get compensated for the use of our songs!

When Morrisons/Tesco/ASDA/Sainsbury's tell me I can fill up my shopping trolley for free, that's the day you can have my work for free, too. Until that time I consider it to be theft unless you pay the PRS for Music agreed rate.

These sites are making billions off the use of our music - we should get a share...

I'm away from my studio but we need to keep up the protection of creative arts or we'll all be unemployed bankers within five years.

Google wants to take over the world virtually - it must never be allowed take over the world of music - they must be made to pay the going rate like everybody else in the real world.

Good Luck

A conscience is what hurts when all the other parts feel good" ...hopefully Google find theirs.

Count me in.

Unfortunately this appears to be just another case of business refusing to value the work involved in the creation of music.

I fully support the need to be paid for work done despite the clamour of people wanting everything for free. It’s a principle of life that we have to work for almost everything we need.

I'm right behind you all the way.

There can't be any music for the enjoyment of others without someone creating it first, and that someone has probably spent years learning his or her craft. Lest we forget, there is an awful lot of music that people choose not to listen to, so it's only fair that there should be recompense for the material that gives enjoyment. Music is art, and to experience pleasurable music is a privilege that is shared by its creator. It's not compulsory either - if paying to enjoy is really an issue, there is always the sound of nature - that's free.

The work PRS for Music does is a vital part of the music industry as there is no other organisation out there that operates on such a wide scale trying to get musicians a fair deal. Musicians work incredibly hard to promote their music and although money is never the main objective we should have some sort of financial compensation for all this effort.

In case my music is being used in venues or moving pictures, I get paid in one way or the other. So why not in case of internet usage.....??! So yes, I support the Fair Play for Creators campaign...!

Keep the good work up.

I’m tired of musicians being exploited by powerful organisations, good luck SOLIDARITY!

I'm hoping that Google, a company which has shown such business acumen over the years has a sound plan to address what appears to be a gross insult, if not simply inane. Throttling the supply of raw materials for your industry is never a wise move, let alone being against the law in this case. It's a bit like telling your builder he can no longer use nails and wood to build a house. Good luck PRS for Music in getting this hammered out!

Good Luck!

Far too many people appear to believe that musical creativity is just a hobby for which the general public need not pay, or at least remunerate on a fair basis. No one expects to walk into a shop for a pint of milk and pay nothing and there is no justification for thinking otherwise when it comes to copyright music. If people want to continue enjoying the pleasure of music and encourage new writers, they should pay a fair rate, as with everything else.

It was claimed that the Internet would empower musicians by providing a free promotional platform. Unfortunately this now seems to read as free music as part of our (Google) promotions. Come on guys, play the game. Music is the content hook for many Internet users, have some respect pay those that bring wealth to you!

Who do Google/Youtube think they are? This is so obviously unfair. How about we ask all Google executives to work for nothing? This is our right. Our mortgages, our car payments, our lives. We produce work and if people exploit that work, we expect to get paid. Creators of music aren't entitled to copyright protection? Well done PRS for Music for standing up for us!

It's about time music was thought of as a commodity that is paid for. It generates income for website, software and hardware manufactures, hi-fi and mp3 player manufactures and phones companies and of course shops but the artist sees a tiny fraction of that revenue. In a computerised age all plays should be logged and the writers paid accordingly, Also do Myspace pay royalties? They make enough out of their advertising revenues they get from musicians pages.

Composers must be paid for there music like every other profession.

If I could get paid royalties on the basis of YouTube views, I wouldn't need to shine shoes in my spare time. Fair play for creators!