August 2005 - Issue No. 29
KAYE HAWLEY'S UPDATE

by Kaye Hawley
Manager Publisher Services, APRA

Welcome to a bumper edition of Antenna! This issue features updates on the AREV to CMS Conversion and the registration of background music; an insight into Podcasting and APRA's procedure regarding writer registrations; AMCOS News & Reminders; plus regular items like Recent Board Decisions, News from Around the World and an Awards update.

Recently, many of you would have received emails from me related to the APRA's Unregistered Works file. These unregistered works are the result of various logs, cue sheets etc where the actual composer of a work is either unclear or as in most cases, unknown.  Reviewing this file and contacting your writers is one more way of catching any royalties that my be unpaid on unregistered or unclaimed works. Read on...

Finally, don't forget that several key deadlines are approaching. Check out 'For the Diary' for cut-off dates.
MUSIC PUBLISHERS URGED TO JOIN AMPAL
AMPAL, the Australasian Music Publishing Association Limited, has been re-activated as a trade association representing music publishers in Australia and New Zealand.
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REGISTRATION OF BACKGROUND MUSIC
Thank you to all those publishers who responded with their comments to our enquiry on the registration of background music. Many of you involved in the administration of music in film and TV will appreciate the complexity and enormity of the matter, not only as it affects rights administration domestically but also at an international level. For that reason, we are also seeking input from our affiliated societies on their position so as to ensure a degree of uniformity amongst all CISAC societies. We are currently compiling the results which will be reported to the APRA Board Membership and Distribution Committee.

Any decisions arising from the Committee will be reported back to the membership. Meantime, if you have any questions on the matter, please contact Sally Howland at showland@apra.com.au
LICENSING UPDATE: AREV to CMS Conversion
The September quarter record company sales will be the first set of sales reports processed on CMS rather than AREV. Click here to find out more about the conversion and the timeline for our three categories of record company clients.
UNDERSTANDING APRA PROCEDURE: Writer Registrations

APRA often receives online or index card registrations of new works from writer members who have publishing agreements registered on CMS but who register their works/shares as unpublished. We also receive registrations from writers who show a co-writer’s share as unpublished although the co-writer may have a publishing agreement registered on CMS.

Find out more about APRA's procedure with regard to writer registrations and what publishers need to do.  Read more

MECHANICAL DISTRIBUTION UPDATE: News & Reminders
Latest news on the back catalogue, MROC timebombing and the reporting mechanisms in CMS that make your life easier. Read more
PODCASTING: What's it all about?
Understand the 'ins and outs' of licensing music on podcasts; find out more about APRA and AMCOS' approach to this new way of making available sound files to the internet. Read more
REGULAR COLUMNS
Recent Board Decisions
Since the last edition of Antenna, the Board made several key decisions concerning an organisational restructure of APRA; AMCOS' agreement with MIPI; and contributions to the Slim Dusty Cultural Centre and the National Indigenous Recording Project. Click here to find out more.

Welcome to new APRA and AMCOS publisher member
- Soundshifter Music

News from around the world
Read the latest headlines from BIEM/CISAC, including:
- CISAC/BIEM's response to the Grokster and Morpheus case
- GEMA's call for the blocking of illegal download sites
- Mobile music market to double between 2005 and 2010
FOR THE DIARY
It's that time of year... be sure you don't missing the following deadlines: Electronic Live Performance Returns (LPR) must be lodged by 31 August; ASCAP Claim forms must  be lodged by 14 October; and the cut off dates for Distribution 42B are:
  • Agreement registration (on-line, paper and index card) 9 September
  • Bulk Registration (diskette and email)  23 September 
  • On-line registration of works 23 September
AWARDS UPDATE
2005/2006 APRA Professional Development Awards
The APRA Professional Development Awards are conducted every two years by APRA in conjunction with music organisations and institutions involved in the representation or eduction of Australian music writers. The 2005/2006 Awards kick off later this month. Check Awards Central for further information.

2005 APRA-AMC Classical Music Awards: The Winners!
Congratulations to BMG Music Publishing Australia for Ross Edwards' win in the category of Orchestral Work of the Year for Concerto for Guitar and Strings. Click here for a full listing of the 2005 winners.
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