Televangelist Factions Squabble Over $$$

[Jerome]

http://www.christianitytoday.com/gl...yalties-harder-split-judgment-of-solomon.html

Cable or satellite television companies are allowed to rebroadcast any broadcast television show they want, without getting permission from the show’s owners. In return, they pay royalties to the federal government. The Copyright Royalty Board then splits the money

One of the groups, represented by the Independent Producers Group (IPG), includes the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), James Robison’s Life Outreach International, Benny Hinn, and Creflo Dollar.

The other group, called Settling Devotional Claimants (SDC), contains 23 other broadcast ministries, including Charles Stanley's In Touch Ministries, Christian Broadcasting Network, Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Crystal Cathedral Ministries, and the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association.

IPG figured its ministries should get between 37 percent and 53 percent of the royalties. . . .SDC, on the other hand, . . .asked for more than 99 percent.

the royalty judges split the difference between the two, assigning about 60 percent of the royalties to SDC and about 40 percent to IPG

[SDC] challenged the royalty board's decision, and the appeals court agreed that it needed to be reconsidered. . . .The D.C. circuit court remanded the case back to the royalty board for further consideration.