so how does that bmi consent decree impact me? i feel that it puts bmi and songwriters at a disadvantage in several important ways. for instance, if great disputes could be resolved by arbitration rather than expensive litigation and that would feel like a win for everyone. new services could launch, and songwriters could get paid quickly without spending lots of money on lawsuits. songwriters also worry that bmi is not allowed to license rights other than the performance right. most new services need several rights. a one stop license from bmi would be a quick and efficient way to get the services off the ground. these aspects of the bmi consent decree, in my view, have the valid the musical composition to the point where the songwriters are being crushed. it is bad enough it is so easy to steal the music today by the legal framework that allows songs to be streamed for nearly free will destroy the livelihood of the american songwriter if it is allowed to continue. u.s. department of justice is present undertaking a comprehensive

so how does the bmi consent decree impact me? i feel it puts bmi and songwriters at a disadvantage in several important ways. if rate disputes could be resolved by arbitration rather than expensive litigation that would feel like a win for everyone. new services could launch. and songwriters could get paid quickly without spending lots of money on lawsuits. songwriters also worry bmi is not allowed to license rights other than the performance right. most new services need several rights. a one-stop license from bmi would be a quick and efficient way to get those services off the ground. these aspects of the bmi consent decree, in my view have devalued the musical composition to the point where the songwriters are being crushed. it is bad enough that it is so easy to steal the music today, but a legal framework that allows songs to be streamed for nearly free will destroy the livelihood of the american songwriter if it is allowed to continue. u.s. department of justice is presently undertaking a comprehensive review of the ascap a

how does the bmi consent decree affect me? i feel it puts bmi and songwriters at a disadvantage. if it could be resolved by arbitration rather than expensive litigation it would feel like a win for everyone. new services services could launch, and songwriters can be paid quickly without spending lots of money on lawsuits. songwriters worry that bmi is not allowed to license rights other than performance rights. most services need several rights. a one-stop license from bmi would be a a quick and efficient way to get those services off the ground. these aspects of the bmi consent degree in my view have a valued the musical competition to the.where songwriters are being crushed. it crushed. it is bad enough that it is so easy to steal music today that a legal framework allowing songs to be streamed for nearly free will destroy the livelihood of the american songwriter if it is allowed to continue the us department the us department of justice is presently undertaking a comprehensive review and we hope they we will recommend substantial changes that will allow us the flexibility we

what ascap and bmi are horizontal sales agencies. they take publisher ago gait them together and fix a single price. ls unless that behavior changes, it doesn't seem appropriate to do away with the protections that are provided licensees for there to be abuse of market power and super competitive rates. >> there are many, many digital service services that operate without the -- and the market thriving. as to transparency, my understanding is that the majority of publishing data is current available on a voluntary basis by private actors so i think where the market is more free in this particular area, it becomes more competitive. >> thank you for the question. as mr. harrison said these are very unusual decrees. the department of justice entered into these not as it usually does to prevent and deter anticompetitive conduct. they entered into these to enable within a construct that it could be regulated. that makes them very unique. and it makes them necessary if we're going to continue in the world and have ascap bmi, see sack and a

some districts measuring bmi of students as young as 6 years old. some of those kids declared overweight even if they appear thin and active. here's bazi kanani. >> reporter: 7-year-old kylie is not overweight, says her mom. that's when amanda was furious when her daughter brought home this letter from her school warning her body mass index was slightly high. >> she said, does this mean i'm fat? >> reporter: that's also what 6-year-old charley asked her mom when she got a similar letter. her mom called the school nurse to complain. >> she said my daughter is not fat. >> reporter: in a nation fighting an epidemic of childhood obesity. 21 states require schools to perform annual bmi or other weight-related screenings. >> bmi is calculated using a child's weight and height. what is considered healthy is a range based on age and gender. >> a child may have a high bmi but to know whether or not obesity is a problem the medical provider would have to take into account other assessments. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics says schools should p

at the end of the day what ascap and bmi are our horizontal sales agencies. they take otherwise competing licensure's aggregate them together and fix a single price for what otherwise would be competing catalogs. unless that behavior changes that doesn't seem appropriate to do away with the protections that are provided licensees for there to be abuse of market power and super competitiveness. >> in the market today there are many digital music services that operate without the kind of regulation that music publishers operate under in the market is thriving and as to transparency for example my understanding is that the majority of publishing date is currently available on a voluntary basis by private actors. so i think where the market is more free in this particular area it becomes more competitive. >> senator perdue thank you for the question. as mr. harrison said these are very unusual decrees. the department of justice entered into these decrees not as it usually does, to prevent and deter anti-competitive conduct. they actually entered into these decree

the experts are saying bmi is not the way to go.ot of muscle and not a lot of fat you still have a high bmi. >> you seem obese on the sheet if you do the calculation. you have to consider other things. i get what parents are saying but it's not the worst thing to keep an eye on kids. >> better waif of going about it. coming up virtual actors. >> also known as diktal doubles. hollywood going too far here. our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money damage your credit and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yourself from identity theft with one call to lifelock, a leader in identity theft protection? lifelock actively patrols your sensitive personal information helping to guard your social security number, your bank accounts and credit, even the equity in your home. your valuable personal assets! look, your credit card company may alert you to suspicious activity on the accou

the only days i serve on my calendar every year are the four days your bmi check is coming. do whatever you've got to do with that. >> thank you. >> senator i agree that consent decrees have been in place for an unusually long time because these are unusual circumstances. and i would settle think anybody at the table would be happier that i would be if we found the silver bullet i created a competition in the marketplace and made the consent decrees unnecessary. but that is not the world we're living in right now. so especially given that we've seen increasing consolidation among the publishers some of which was justified because we have the consent decrees as a backstop and we have this federal court case where a judge found that the publishers have the opportunity to compete and to coordinate with each other that sunset in the consent decrees at this time would be unnecessary but we should of course always the reevaluating as we go forward. >> thank you all. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i think i would like to start with mr. dowdle in this round. mr. dowdle i think as has b

we keep talking ascap and bmi, the holders to the rights of most of the music written in the last 100 years. they're wanting higher and higher royalties for every stream and every play. what is happening there right now with bmi and ascap, and does that differ from the demands of the labels that own the music but not the songwriting? david: in general, our service from the beginning has been set up to pay rights holders for their music. we created this model of all you can consume and then paying back on the back end. we pay a lot of money. we continue to believe that it's important to do that. we just want to have equal rights to the rest of the industry and if we can do that we will compete is a great product and innovation for acquiring customers. cory: what is the first song you will sure on this service once you have launched? david: we did launch, and i have been holding back, trying to decide. i believe it's going to be "10" by pearl jam. cory: a fine seattle choice. thank you very much, we appreciate it. ♪ cory: i'm cory johnson. this is "bloomberg west." general motors making

gender, stature, bmi, roughly two million elements just on the a sing person. >> this is a fantastic >> this is a fantastic graphic of really illustrating the of really illustrating the different impacts with different body shapes. >> yeah. different impacts with different body shapes. >> yeah. >> so this is just one example >> so this is just one example of how of how obesity obesity can effect. can effect. >> an obese person's belly has a wheel. >> an obese person's belly has a wheel. >> because all of the fat right >> because all of the fat right here and the belt can for the here and the belt can for the quickly load on to the pelvis. quickly load on to the pelvis. for this particular simulation, this occupant will hirelower for this particular simulation, this occupant will hirelower extremities than a lean person. extremities than a lean person. >> in the future, we can run >> in the future, we can run this model thousands of times. this model thousands of times. >> will save a lot of time as >> will save a lot of time as well as well as money. money. >> should computer generat

heifer bmi is 17.9. the school says that is out of the healthy range for 7-year- olds.ie trade current snacks for healthier ones and find opportunities for activity. the note has already impacted kylie. >> she says to me, i'm fat i said, no, this does not mean you're fat. >> reporter: the superintendent of the school district says there were was no malicious intent with the program and is promising changes. >>> up next, a big night for the warriors, and we're all about wrestlemania. it happens tomorrow. details coming up next in sports. >> coming up sunday night, the final four will be set. we're talking march madness, and steph curry's backup shares his remarkable story of persons veerps. we also look at the bay bridge series. >>> this is the first time we've led off the sports report with wrestling, but this is big. wrestlemania is in san francisco. and it's the sec-most expensive ever fans. randy "macho man" savage was who in order, and arnold schwarzenegger was there as well. >> i love the hall of fame we're taking over the bay area. >> this will be a big party for

bmi 17.9 is a meaningless number.cian to look at the child and evaluate that number. it's looking at what they're eating, their waist circumference. >> all those factors go in to measuring bmi. you brought in a wheel this morning. your argument is one number generally being used by the school is not sufficient that a pediatrician needs to understand the child. the mom was defending the child. it's mostly muscle mass on this little girl. >> exactly right. children are growing. and they're changing. one number at one point in time is relatively meaningless. and this particular number -- >> how do we calculate it? let's put it up on the screen. explain what we're looking at. >> okay. so the bmi is calculated. wait to hiteeight ratio. you have that wheel, that's what we use. i'm not actually taking out my calculator and calculating it. i use that wheel and plug in the height and weight. and get the number. i plot it on a curve like this based on the child's age and sex. if it is under the 85th percentile. it's in the norm

models would have to present medical certificates showing that they have a body mass index or bmi of at least 18 before being hired for a job. that would be about 121 pounds for a woman who is 5'7". agencies and fashion houses who hire models under that bmi would be fined and the agents could be sent to jail. italy, spain and israel already have similar laws. >>> and that takes us to this story. thin is in. nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. you can never be too rich or too thin. phrases you may have heard or used yourself but also ones that are potentially destructive. our next guest wants you to redefine your idea of what it means to be beautiful. you're developing positive body images and moving beyond body shame. i should call you dr. kite. >> we'll take that. >> you're identical twins with ph.d.s which i think is fascinating. tell us about your research because you did a media and body imaging. >> we did. we did separate dissertations the last ten years we have been in school. but we studied the ways media affects our perceptions of reality and beauty. we know that girls an

the remaining two 2 units will be at 80 percent bmi. let me get into what affordable unit is and allowing for density to increase for that if they increase the number of bmr units for projects. those additional bmr units do not account for so they have to be in addition to what was already required. so under the government code, the state density law, it captivates at 35 percent and provides a very specific formulae required number for additional units required. our shipyard redevelopment plan and d for d allow for density bonuses as well but lowers to 25 percent. you can't go under 35 percent for our framework. but the state density bonus law does allow for specificity for number of variations that are applied. that is at least 10 percent. they would have to provide 50 percent ami units and that would allow for a single concession and projects have to carry at least 15 percent of 50 percent median income. ten 10 percent for the first, 20 percent for the second and 30 percent for the third and that would be in addition to what is requir

modeling agency that hires someone below that bmi would be fined and the model's agent would be sento jail. italy, spain and israel already have similar laws in place. >>> the company amazon could soon be flying drones right over your house. landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters with all the details. good friday morning, landon. >> hey, sam, good friday morning to you, too. the faa gives amazon the green light to test the use of drones. flights must be at a low altitude during daylight hours and must stay within sight of the pilot. amazon wants to deliver packages within 30 minutes and the company is developing devices that can drive up to 15 miles per hour and sense and avoid objects. futures are pointing to a higher open for the market today. it was a mixed day for stocks thursday as investors continue to debate the fed's statement that it will raise interest rates gradually. the nasdaq closed higher, rising for the fourth straight session. the nasdaq briefly breaking above the 5,000 mark. the dow falling to 17,959 and the nasdaq rising 9 to 4992. want to know how many calor

that the songwriters and bmi will be the beneficiaries here and not so much the performance of the tunested is the songwriters who are struggling in the digital music economy. a very small fraction of the money generated from these digital services, and most importantly they are regulated by the government, where they cannot say no. they have no choices. if you are a songwriter that gets a very small percent of the revenue generated, it makes a big difference whether it is a free service that only has advertising money, worth it is a service like this service that asks consumers to pay a fair price per month. it makes a huge difference to songwriters. if you take a service like pandora, pandora itself is keeping more than 10 times what they pay the songwriters and what recording artists and record labels get is also 10 times more than a songwriter. it is for me more about the songwriters and then getting paid fairly for what makes these types of things possible. cory: pandora has complained they have to pay so much more than competitors in radio or competitors who have a radio tie and li

talking about how they plan to really take a larger chunk of the luxury piece of the pie from audi bmi, mercedes. and we'll be speaking to the ceo coming up very shortly. they retained their position in the china at the moment and really trying to take on their other rivals in the u.s. we'll ask them about the strategy in the u.s. market coming up. >> before you go. before we let you go what's important for you in a car? >> it's funny, this huge push for technology and rolls royce came out with this car they call serenity and it had special silk features inside. that's the car for me but you would need a chauffer for that. do you have your eyes on vehicles here? >> for me important thing is size and i saw the rangerover sport yesterday. >> the range rover sport, you don't want the big original range rover. >> it's a middle ground for living in london. >> i'll see what i can do. >> thank you for bringing that. >> okay. >> those people have been writing in already. >> absolutely. >> yeah we have been asking what's important for you to have in your car or your truck out there. he writes i

do you feel like the whole bmi system is flawed in the first place? the whole system is flawed? >> yes i do. and that's kylie's situation, too. kylie is almost entirely muscle because of an underlying growth issue. and so anybody that actually has more muscle than body fat is already going to be skewed against them. this particular form that they sent home is not even using the current cdc growth or bmi projection charts. and the guidelines for it that are supposed to be followed aren't even being followed. so they're not actually doing it correctly in the first place. >> yeah, arbitrary measurements, by the way. we appreciate you guys joining us this morning. amanda and kylie thanks so much for waking up with us this morning. >> thank you. >> unfortunately, we hear these stories all of the time. >> yeah. >>> coming up on the show remember the pilot who had this mid air meltdown? >> now he's suing the airline. wait until you hear his argument. >>> and this morning we're cooking our butts off and saving money, too. we have the secrets to make a week's

or have a certain bmi to get on the runway. >> in spain that law already exists. >> well, basically right. >> yes. >> they are hanging the the closing on. you want something thin. >> plus when you are trying to do these samples of clothing you want one size so you don't to have do different sizes. one size, put them on, and let them go. >> wand fur that will ever come here. >>> 8:25. >> now i believe in what quincy is doing here. there should be spas, dedicated to men. >> they are not arching the eyebrows but inside out beauty studio. we are doing amens spa day. the mens spa day. >> what is going on there. >> give them a look, they are making it neat. my beauty will be inside out coming up next. >> you are there. this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. at the the bus stop today there may be a child or two that looks like this. hopefully everybody is wearing green because everybody has got irish in them today on st. patrick's day. bus stop buddy says off

cory: what's happening right now with bmi ascap and how does that differ from the demands of the labels would say in general that our service from the beginning has been set up to pay rights holders for their music. we created this model of all you can consume and then pay on the backend. we pay a lot of money. we continue to believe that it's important to do that. we just want to have equal rates to the rest of the entity. we will compete with a great product and innovation for customers. cory: that was david hose of rhapsody. we'll be right back with more of best of "bloomberg west"." ♪ cory: i am cory johnson and this is the best of "bloomberg west"." these artist cannot put their work on video and youtube. what about money? they are trying to take it further. they have artists and fans with money in between. i learned about it from the ceo. guest: this idea is there is a new emerging creative class. it is hundreds of thousands of people that realize they can be creative entrepreneurs. cory: they don't have a label and a $50,000 advance. guest: it's the opposite. it used to be that t

very thin models are required to prove they have a body mass index or bmi of 18.ective to periodic weigh-ins. they ban websites that promote anorexia. let's get more on that. anna joins us. great to have you in the studio. seriously? part of the french amendment, possibly, could be anybody who uses an ultra thin model, could be fined $80,000 u.s., or six months in jail. is the industry at such a point where it needs this kind of regulation? >> certainly in the uk this debate comes up every five or six years. they get together and discuss the issue of weight when after the show everybody says they are looking shockingly thin. the issue is how do you enforce it. very interesting to see what happens in france. the uk is looking and seeing what the outcome is. >> we need a mind set. this is the question a mind set across the entire chain, the entire industry. designers, we keep bringing designers love sticks if you will, because the clothes just flow. correct me if i'm wrong, i don't want to see fat people on the cat walk. >> he's very outspoken and very extreme view.

the hsbc manufacturing bmi, we need something north of 5.1, remember that. you need 5.1 in order to be able to make this thing tick. or else i suspect we will open down on monday morning. tuesday morning, giii which has beaten the numbers. mccorm mick the staple spice company, another good buy. but the one to buy is sonic, which i just reiterated on yesterday's show. it's part of the restaurant trade that started the moment gasoline went below $3 and only gained steam. unfortunately, sonic is also at its 52-week high which means while weit can still go up, we're hardly early. wednesday, we've been behind paychex, the payroll processing company that i'm a proud client of in the mid 30s and it's now at 51. there are so many analysts that don't care for the stock because they think the client base isn't growing fast enough and there's not enough money to be made on the float the interest paychex can make on the cash they hold while you wait to get your cash from your check. i think some analysts break ranks and go positive on paychex after the quarter even as t

they would be required to prove they have a bmi of 18. they do that through a medical certificate then they have weigh ins. an amendment prohibits websites that glorify anorexia. one question is how do you enforce it? i tell you what models who come in underweight would face fines of up to $80,000 u.s. or prison sentences. huh? you can't do that. surely. tweet me. all the business coming up on "gmt." seriously? too thin you are in. two years in the clinger. >> thanks aaron. >>> negotiations have resumed on iran's nuclear program. hours left before an end of day deadline for an agreement. foreign ministers from six world powers are pressing the iranians to limit atomic work for easing sanctions. the aim of stopping them from developing nuclear weapons. russia said they would be rejoining the talks as long as there were no last minute demands. our chief correspondent is following events in switzerland. >> reporter: you may remember that he left here yesterday and said he would be back basically, when there was something to come back for. th

modeling agencies would have to require medical certificates from models proving their body mass index or bmi is at least 18. models would also be required to undergo regular weight checks. agencies would be punishable with fines and even prison sentences of up to six months. the law would also tackle the dark online world of pro-anorexia. website that's promote self-starvation and encourage young women to "post"ows of their emaciated frames including the thigh gap. the doctorness to curb the spread of such ideals. he says 30,000 to 40,000 people in france suffer from eating disorder mainly teenagers. famous models have long been scrutinized for their weight. it's the extreme cases such as the french model isabel caru who died of anorexia in twhaen have sparked cause for change. similar concerns in spain, italy, and israel prompted those countries to adopt laws against the use of ultra-thin models on catwalks and in advertising campaigns. israel even has strict rules on how models' bodies are photo-shopped. any changes must be clearly marked on the photo. france would be the biggest industry

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a modeling agency that hires someone below that bmi would be fined and the model's agent would be sent to jail. italy, spain, and israel have similar laws in place. >>> it might be a bit of a buzz kill but soon some alcoholic beverages will come with nutrition labels. the company behind guinness johnnie walker and spear nauf is spear heading the move. it will have info like fat, calories and carbs. you'll see that within the next few months. >>> scientists in thailand have caught a massive stingray. take a look. the giant whiptail stingray is giant indeed. 14 feet long 8 feet wide. scientists believe it's the largest ever caught. stingrays spend most of the time buried in sand to avoid predators. scientists collected data on the ray and then released it. i know right? >> up next at 11:00, a sudden turnabout from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu backing off from a promise he made before winning reelection this week. >>> this morning, israel's prime min minster is backing off his preelection comments about not supporting a two-state solution with the palestinians. >> tracie pott

of nearly 400 children who according to their bmi were very overweight, just four parents correctly identifiedht was a problem. >> i think we don't see what we see every day. what's around us becomes normal. the world has shifted and actually when there's much more obesity around parents just don't recognize it particularly when their families or community are more likely to carry a lot of weight. >> reporter: only at the extremes of weight did parents realize something was wrong, and that lack of recognition was most marked among those who were black or south asian from a more deprived background, or whose child was a boy. researchers say that if parents don't see there's an issue, they may not be willing or motivated to help their children tackle something that can have a serious impact on their health in later life. dominic hughes bbc news. >>> finally for you, president obama has returned from a golfing holiday. he came down the steps just a little too quickly. this is the moment as he makes his way down the steps off the presidential plane. didn't go entirely to plan as you can see. the b

the modeling agency that hires someone below that bmi would be find and the model's agent would be sentto jail. italy, spain and israel already have similar laws in place. >> while we're talking about europe, some british pilots are going to have to answer to their bosses this morning. >> they took a bit of a detour during this morning's full eclipse. >> yes, good morning. you showed some pictures, laura, earlier of the eclipse. it took place in a very specific part of the earth off the coast of northeastern europe. so what if you just happened to be a pilot of an airliner in the area? look at the radar track of an ez jet out of belfast on its way to iceland. they were due to pass through the area before the eclipse. i think you can see down there at the bottom, they definitely dawdled. >> more indication there may be more fraud with apple pay than first thought. as we reported in the past, bad guys are faking credit cards on their iphones and using them to resell stuff for cash. apple is denying estimates by an industry analyst as much as 6% of apple pay purchases are,<4g" fraudulent.

one day, i decided to type in my weight and my height into the bmi calculator, and the results that came back were horrifying. it actually landed me on "obese." it was a wake-up call, and i realized that i had to do something. i chose the 21 day fix, and i'm so glad that i did. the containers are wonderful. it's just so easy. i don't have to weigh my food. i don't have to count my calories. i just decide, "what do i want to eat for the day?" i connected with autumn immediately. it's like she was in your living room, and she's there to just keep you going. >> take it one exercise at a time, and we will get through it together. >> you have nothing to lose but the weight. you have nothing to gain but confidence. i didn't stop at 21 days. i just kept going. [ applause ] >> hi. in 5 rounds, you lost 36.4 pounds on the 21 day fix. [ cheers and applause ] >> you said you had -- you'd never worked out, really before. >> never worked out, ever. >> so, did you actually start with the modifier in the video? >> i did. >> okay. >> i love cat, the modifier. if she can do it, i can do it, too, and i'm

you have followed boy using some -- the great institution that is bmi. jeff perez is at nyu.ith stanley clarke, which means no introduction is necessary. there is copyright people and then musicians talking about copyright people. how upset are you about where we are in the theft of rifts and tone and vibe of old songs? >> the laws are antiquated. the way this case played itself out is disappointing in the fact that the similarity between these two songs lie in their recordings and other composition. tom: you are bringing it over with the digital tools or is this a chord melody rhythm issue? >> there is rhythm, melody and harmony. rhythmically, the patterns are exactly the same. tom: he did 50 ways to meet your lover with paul simon. they do that and steve is going to sue them? >> rhythm is like the stepchild of the three elements. tom: if i got the way we were barbra streisand ripping it up now. if summit he goes out and takes the records out of that and the rhythm and majesty of that -- >> it depends on if it's an essential element to the song. the similarity between these