[Dixielandjazz] ASCAP or BMI

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Some friend Bob,  good thing you didn't have any enemies  :))


Cheers,

Tom



-----Original Message-----
From: robert at ringwald.com
To: Tcashwigg at aol.com
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 6:27 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] ASCAP or BMI

   List-Message-Recipient: tcashwigg at aol.com 
  Some years ago I recorded a tune that was an early 1920s English Hall 
song. 
 
 I learned it from 3 different recordings of the song. 
 
  I sent a copy of the recording to a friend who had made one of the 
recordings. 
 
  A few weeks later, I received a letter from an attorney asking for 
residuals or (whatever they are called) for the recording. It seems 
that my friend had copyrighted the song in the US, a song that he never 
wrote) and now was collecting residuals on the use of it. 
 
  This was some 20-years ago and I paid the fee. If I had known then 
what I know now, I would have ignored the letter. 
 
  
 --Bob Ringwald K6YBV 
 916/806-9551 
 www.ringwald.com 
 -- 
 Leader, The Fulton Street Jazz Band 
 www.fultonstreetjazz.com 
 -- 
 The Boondockers (jazz and Comedy) 
 www.theboondockers.com 
 
 "Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves 
 and how little we think of the other person." --Mark Twain 
 --  
  
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