[JPL] Air Play Ethics Question

[Eric Jackson]

I've always thought when dealing with hosting concerts that the rule was 
if you stand to benefit from a successful concert, it's better to leave 
it alone. If I'm asked to host a concert and someone agrees to pay me 
for hosting, that's okay because my being paid has nothing to do with 
the financial success of the concert. If the concert sells 10 tickets, I 
get paid or if it sells a thousand tickets I get paid the same amount.

To me, it becomes questionable if I am involved with putting the concert 
on. In other words, if I'm an investor in the concert, it is 
questionable because I do stand to benefit more if the concert is more 
successful.

Using that same logic, the original poster would be fine because he gets 
no financial benefit if the CD sells well. Jae's CD wouldn't fit in that 
category because he does get a financial benefit that is related to sales.

Eric Jackson
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