[jimtorr]

Let me get this straight: ROMS only pays royalties to the music owners if they join the Russian federation? If that is correct, it is a big problem.

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "Let me get this straight: ROMS only pays royalties to the music owners if they join the Russian federation? If that is correct, it is a big problem."

I can't tell you anything about that, since I don't know how they administer their own system over there in Russia.

Regards,
Star Traveler

[Common Tator]

Let me get this straight: ROMS only pays royalties to the music owners if they join the Russian federation?

But American Music Distributors only pay royalties if the music's publisher has joined one of the American Organizations .... either ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC.

The American royalty collection organizations are not interested in American Artists getting royalties. They are interested in American Royalty Collection organizations getting their cut from all sales.