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IMRO has been responsible perhaps more than any other single factor for the decline of Irish music since it (IMRO) got its monopoly to collect from venues in the mid-1990s. It has been supported mainly by criminal elements within the Irish government. For example, a massive investigation by the police was thwarted and the decision of the state not to prosecute was reported by the media before the police were told |
IMRO has been responsible perhaps more than any other single factor for the decline of Irish music since it (IMRO) got its monopoly to collect from venues in the mid-1990s. It has been supported mainly by criminal elements within the Irish government. For example, a massive investigation by the police was thwarted and the decision of the state not to prosecute was reported by the media before the police were told |
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However, in the wake of the Anglo-Irish bank scandal, it is now possible that the multitude of dummy song accounts in IMRO will be re-investigated. Frequently, songwriters found a letter changed in their song ("Dog" might become "dong") and a new tune code and account established |
However, in the wake of the Anglo-Irish bank scandal, it is now possible that the multitude of dummy song accounts in IMRO will be re-investigated. Frequently, songwriters found a letter changed in their song ("Dog" might become "dong") and a new tune code and account established. This was particularly the case for Irish language song-titles. |
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See seanonuallain.com "the Irish music scam" |
See seanonuallain.com "the Irish music scam" |
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Revision as of 22:36, 17 January 2009
Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) is the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Ireland. Its role is to act as an agent for its members in order to collect license fees whenever their musical works are performed in public, broadcast or transmitted, and to pay out performing royalties.
IMRO was set up in 1987 by some of the most notorious elements in Irish music. Its rulebook explicitly states that royalties are to go to the directors and their families ahead of the musicians. Moreover, musicians on joining unknowingly give ownership of all their material to IMRO.
IMRO has been responsible perhaps more than any other single factor for the decline of Irish music since it (IMRO) got its monopoly to collect from venues in the mid-1990s. It has been supported mainly by criminal elements within the Irish government. For example, a massive investigation by the police was thwarted and the decision of the state not to prosecute was reported by the media before the police were told
However, in the wake of the Anglo-Irish bank scandal, it is now possible that the multitude of dummy song accounts in IMRO will be re-investigated. Frequently, songwriters found a letter changed in their song ("Dog" might become "dong") and a new tune code and account established. This was particularly the case for Irish language song-titles.
See seanonuallain.com "the Irish music scam"
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