[JPL] Airplay Ethics Question

TomtheJazzman tomthejazzman at embarqmail.com
Sun Apr 26 14:28:29 EDT 2009


And remember how Gary Burton played his music every week on his program 
on SIRIUS Radio.  ALOHA  Tom

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> At 10:43 AM 4/26/2009 -0700, you wrote:
>> That's a good point Mark. I went through that situation here with the 
>> legality part. Technically, the mere fact that we play a 
>> CD...any...is a promotion of sorts. It's when you get into 
>> definitives and superlatives that you potentially run into problems. 
>> You can buy the CD at such and such place...is one example. I had a 
>> critic here at the station that brought up the "conflict" issue about 
>> me in a meeting. It even went to the extent of us checking with our 
>> attorney's. It's certainly okay to do but there are certain 
>> parameters. Remember David Sanborn's show? He played HIS music all 
>> the time on the program. Don't think anyone complained about that.
>>
>> Jae Sinnett
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> I've had a similar situation here in Canada, where I'm often organizing
> and managing tours for Canadian jazz groups during and outside of the
> jazz festival season.  I play their music.  I have no financial 
> interest in
> their recordings. I suppose the point could really be stretched that what
> they pay me for my services is derived from additional cd sales from
> touring, but I'm pretty sure we could shoot holes in that argument.
> No one's complained yet.
>
> There was a smooth jazz show here years ago, and the host, who
> just happened to be one of the few Canadian smooth artists at the
> time, met his Canadian content quotas with a lot of his own tracks.
> No complaints as far as I know. Maybe some snickers.
>
> Maurice
> CKUW Winnipeg
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