SM 14011 EB049GREENLYMONT0O M A R 8 6 NEWSPAPER MONTY GREENLY 03 10 3740 ELM UC Y LONG BEACH CA 90A.07 A Billboard Publication The International Newsweekly Of Music & Home Entertainment May 26, 1984 S3 (U.S.) INDUSTRY CONCERNED Singapore Country Chart Wars States Act To Pass `Stonewalls' In volving Publishers Music Reps Video Rating Laws NEW YORK -A legislative trend minors from renting both R- and X- In Indie Promo $$ By LEO SACKS that could end up bringing govern- rated cassettes. And additional bills By EDWARD MORRIS ment regulation to the home video pending in Maryland would prohibit NEW YORK Government offi- marketplace has caught the home the sale and rental of R- and X -rated NASHVILLE -As the jostling for otherwise their songs won't be select- - won't be cut cials in Singapore "stonewalled" a video industry unprepared. Two cassettes to minors, the public dis- country chart position continues to ed for singles or, worse, group of U.S. businessmen and com- states have already passed laws that play of video packaging depicting the intensify with tighter playlists and at all. merce and copyright representatives turn the Motion Picture Assn. of same kinds of acts, and the playing of more breaking acts, record labels and Even publishers who have a com- not hiring promoters last month when they met to discuss America (MPAA)'s voluntary rat- R- and X -rated features on in -store producers are turning more often to pany policy of if there commercial counterfeiting there. ings system into full -scale legal re- video screens. publishers to help pay the fees for in- admit to doing it occasionally is enough label pressure or other eco- The assessment by Stan Gortikov, quirements, and two other states are The Maryland labeling law would dependent record promotion. It is a nomic self- interest involved. Since an president of the Recording Industry considering the same laws. hit violators with a $25 fine. The trend that most publishers privately independent usually charges from Assn. of America (RIAA), came af- Legislatures in Tennessee and Tennessee fine would come to $50 a denounce, but they are going along to work a single for ter the group made "modest" prog- Maryland have passed ratings -re- (Continued on page 57) with it, primarily out of the fear that $1,500 to $3,000 its chart life, publishers are trying to ress during a week of talks in Taipei lated legislation that are waiting for establish stringent criteria for promo- on the counterfeiting issue with Tai- the signatures of the governors to be participation, and some are wan officials. enacted, and laws are under consider- AES Confab: Bitter Aftertaste tional asking songwriters to share the costs. in Taiwan are publicly ation in New York and New Jersey. By STEVEN DUPLER Authorities Publishers are generally cautious to curbing trademark, While the Maryland law simply re- committed ANAHEIM -"A lack of focus" and "a waste of time and money" are among about acknowledging how labels patent and copyright infringement, quires that videocassettes be labeled the phrases being used by exhibitors to describe the second annual Audio Engi- squeeze them. But Donna Hilley of according to Gortikov, who esti- with the different codes, in Tennessee neering Society (AES) international conference held here May 11 -14. Anger, Tree International concedes, "There mates that fake goods represent 60% video retailers will actually have to confusion and resentment clouded the scene, and many of the 65 manufacturers have been instances where if we had of the cassette market there, or 5.6 enforce the legislation, prohibiting who exhibited referred to a "semi- boycott," marked by the conspicuous absence not hired an independent, we million units. Revisions in the trade- of such prominent equipment manufacturers as SSL, Neve, Otani, Shure, Harri- wouldn't have gotten the single. Cer- mark law are expected by June, he SPOTLIGHT ON son and MCI. The latter firm cancelled its reserved booth space just one day tain labels do require that." notes. before the show opened its doors. The resulting cost, Hilley says, has corn - The march toward g-eater The ill feelings stem from what many manufacturers regard as the inability of convinced Tree that it must begin mercial protection in Singapore, the AES to justify yet another trade exhibition, especially after its decision last asking its writers to help share in it: is con- however, looks grim. "Piracy year to hold exhibitions down to one U.S. and one international show annually. "We never have in the past, but we says the IN THIS ISSUE doned by the government," The AES had previously held two U.S.shows per year -one West Coast and one had a meeting with our writers re- (Continued on page 57) (Continued on page 58) (Continued on page 57) - Inside Billboard - ASCAP HAS BEEN DEFEATED in its bid to win court approval to with- hold a per -program license from the ABC television network. The U.S. District Court decision highlights the growing conflict over licensing procedures be- tween the performing rights society and television stations. Page 3. RADIO EXCITEMENT over Bruce Springsteen's forthcoming album, "Born In The U.S.A.," has led CBS Records to obtain another cease and desist order. This one was issued to WSKS Cincinnati, which aired the album twice in its entirety almost a month before its scheduled release date. Page 3. COUNTRY MUSIC VIDEOS are on the rise. Nashville's major labels have all stepped up their production of country clips in response to the spread of music -oriented television outlets. Page 4. WCFL CHICAGO, the one -time top 40 giant, is being born again. State- wide Broadcasting, which is taking the station over from Mutual, is turning it into a full- service contemporary Christian outlet. Radio, page 12. MEXICAN BORDER PIRACY has reached "alarming" proportions, ac- Not all CHOIRBOYS do their singing in churches. The fierce hard rock- cording to an IFPI report. Antipiracy action is being hampered by Mexico's CRISTY LANE "ONE DAY AT A TIME ", another Pest in ing sound heard on the debut album from CHOIRBOYS (ATCO 90161) "unsatisfactory" laws, IFPI says. Page 3. music. The world's #1 Gospel album finally charts at # 25; two years sends shock waves from the band's native Australia to turntables across and two million sales later. The first artist ever to receive an Ampex Gold America. 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