Following outrage from the media music community, Discovery Networks has scuttled a business plan that would have all but assured series composers a drastic income drop
, Food Network and other Discovery-owned platforms, will continue to feature their familiar themes and underscores, and the composers who wrote that music will continue to be paid the royalties that they have always enjoyed., which represents many of the composers whose work adorns these shows, Thursday afternoon issued a statement that said, in part, “Discovery has decided that their U.S. channels will remain operating ‘as is’ under the traditional performing-rights model.
Discovery hoped to shift to “direct source licenses” which would enable them to eliminate composer royalty payments as collected and distributed by performing-rights societies ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. Composers argued that those royalties were vital to stay in business because initial fees to create the music were already too low.broke this story on Dec. 13.
More than 11,000 composers and musicians joined a campaign, “Your Music Your Future,” to educate composers on their rights and how best to ensure their financial future based on the performing-rights system that has compensated media composers for decades. Several Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning composers lent their support to the campaign, including John Powell, John Debney, Bear McCreary, Carter Burwell and others.
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