Originally Posted by John Lawrence Schick
This seems to be happening more and more. Non-exclusive libraries turning exclusive, but still residing under the non-exclusive model, i.e., still making gratis, blanket deals where the composer only receives PRO royalties (no sync fees).

I recall someone being very adamant this wouldn't happen, around this time last year.

This is the route it's going to continue to go. The real benefit is a drastic reduction in competition of a composer competing with themselves from being in too many places with the same music under different titles. It will eventually put value back in music.

I'm an advocate of not retitling the same work. Composers need to do their homework and stop doing business with companies that aren't sharing sync. That will also put an end to that business model.

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