Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1934)

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Y/yY/34 The amendments which Mr. Schuette follow: On page 4, Article VI, amend Section 1(b) by striking out the provision that the code authority shall be elected by the Board of Directors of the Music Publishers Protective Associa¬ tion and substitute therefor the names of five members of the popular music publishing industry who shall be truly representa¬ tive of the membership of that industry and not more than two of whom shall be members of the Music Publishers Protective Associa¬ tion. Also strike out the words at the end of this section "within thirty days after the effective date of this code. " The code authority should take charge at ohce. Also on page 4, Article VI, amend Section 1(a) by striking out the words" to be selected by the Board of Directors of the Music Pub;ishers Association of the United States" and substitute therefor the names of five members of the standard music publishing industry who whall be truly Representative of the membership of such industry and not more than two of whom shall be members of the Music Publishers Association of the United States. Also strike out the words "within thirty days after the effective date of this code. " Amend Section 2, of Article VI on page 4, by increasing the number of administration members from one to three (necessary to protect the public, competitors and consumers against this monopoly power. ) Also strike out all of Section 3. There is no need for any interim code authority and if there were, this power should not be entrusted to committees of the MPPA or the MPA. On page 9, at the end of Section 4, of Article VIII, put a semicolon and add the following language: "Nor shall any member of the industry grant a license for the public performance of copyrighted works, under terms, conditions, or agreements, the effect of which is to deny to other copyright owners the equal opportunity to obtain the public performance of their works through the facilities of such talking machine company, radio broadcasting or television station, electrical transcription company, motion picture company, or place of public entertainment." Also on page 9, at the end of Section 5, put a semicolon and add the following language: "nor shall any license for public performance of copyrighted music be so worded as to exact or collect a royalty for the use of music not controlled by the licensor. " Add a new section to Article VI on page 4, as follows: "No members of the industry shall be eligible for election as a member of either of the foregoing code authorities, or of . the Music' Publishers Coordinating Committee hereinafter provided for in Article VII or to participate in the election of a member, stockholder, associate, or participant, deirectly or indirectly, in any capacity, in any corporation, club, partnership or associa¬ tion composed of copyright owners and/or composers and/or pub¬ lishers of music, the purpose, effect or result of which is to engage in any of the practices condemned in Article VIII." -4