[Dixielandjazz] songs free of royalties

[Bert Brandsma]

Hi Jim,
If you order your CDs in another country from the  European Union, there are no import taxes allowed.If you have a business, it is even possible to do it without VAT. (I did it with my CDs and my bass sax , ordered them in Germany)As far as I know the rules say 70 years in Holland.
Kind regards,
Bert BrandsmaInialoane 289263 RD GarijpNetherland++31 653 463730


> From: jim at kashprod.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:33:43 +0100
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] songs free of royalties
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: mister_bertje at hotmail.com
> 
> We were recently discussing the extension of years that it is required to
> pay royalties for a song on djml.  Well, I am in the midst of compiling 16
> songs from our four published recordings to bring out a 45th Anniversary CD
> of our best known songs.  I realized that all but 5 of those songs are from
> 1920 to 1935 and thought "ah hah"!  
>  
> No ah hahs or anything!  The Authors & Composers Society here in Spain (of
> which I am a member) told me today that it is 80 years from "the date of
> death" of the last of the composers.  Most of our songs have two & three
> composers, so from the date of the death of the last remaining composers you
> gotta add on 80 years!  Kind of don't think there will be any freebees on
> our list of tunes this time, at least.
>  
> The amount collected off of the record company (which is us in this case!)
> is a percentage of what we tell them we are going to charge for our CD's.
> Without paying this fee no company will fabricate your CD in Spain.  It's
> not worth it to go out of the country as then we would have to pay
> importation fees to get the CD's back here.
>  
> On the other hand, for 80 years from my own death, my kids will collect fees
> collected for my registered music.  One big hit was a tv ad which has run
> for about 30 yrs already.  Since it is 3 seconds long, I collect about 3
> Euros a year on that one, so my kids shouldn't be booking their Ferraris
> just yet!   :<
>  
> Oh, well, 
>  
> Jim
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