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This scene from The Congress feels a lot less like fiction now.

Here is an article that talks about how artists get paid for radio play. Not sure why you’d think they do not. The basics are:

1. Radio acquires a blanket license(s) from its local PRO(s)
2. A song is played on a radio, and the airplay is reported to a PRO
3. The PRO distributes royalties and songwriter gets paid
   The songwriter is paid the royalties due