[Dixielandjazz] CD Royalties?
John Mumford
john@jazzbanjo.com
Tue, 29 Oct 2002 22:00:32 -0700
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Dave,
You said you had no problem paying the royalties but it sounds like you =
don't want to. I believe the legislation that passed recently puts a =
copyright 50 years beyond the life of the author not the published date. =
The song Sweet Georgia Brown was written in 1925 and is listed by ASCAP =
as one of their top ten recorded songs. This song is not in the public =
domain.
You need to research each song. ASCAP and BMI have websites with search =
engines that let's you search for your song. You must know the authors =
of the song or publisher because a song may be listed by someone who =
wrote an arrangement. Anyone can copyright an arrangement of someone =
else's song whether it is public domain or not. When this happens and =
you use the arrangement you pay royalties to both.
I have found most songs written before 1923 to be in the public domain =
and yes our band has paid royalties on every CD. The money is paid to =
Harry Fox on a quarterly basis as CDs are sold and you don't pay up =
front for all 1,000 CDs. On the average the royalties have amounted to =
about $1.00 per CD.
John Mumford
Jazz Banjo Magazine
Jazz Banjo Radio
www.jazzbanjo.com
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jazz Banjo Magazine</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jazz Banjo Radio</FONT></DIV>
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