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Originally Posted by MeatGrl1
I would think it's with the person who wrote it unless Meat bought it.
For example Michael Jackson bought The Beatles catelouge so he owned the rights to all the Beatles back catelouge and I'm guessing that's how it works, however if Meat didn't do that then the copyright is still the Stones.
Hope that makes sense.
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It's not common for that to happen, the beatles thing happened because it passed its ownership date so Michael was able to buy it and make some money from it, which is why about two years ago we saw remastered beatles tracks continuously in the charts for a few months.
But it doesnt happen in the 'normal' music world
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Originally Posted by RadioMaster
it's not that simple. I believe when you go on stage you can perform whatever the hell you want. think of all those cheap bar tributes and cover bands (no pun intended) for example.
now if you're gonna release it on a record, that's a different matter. I could imagine that you'd have to pay royalties in some way.
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cheap bar tribute bands and cover bands if they are legal and correct are either members of the prs themselves or it is even possible for the premises to be a member which covers anyone performing there ( i assume they pay a higher fee)
just realised i sound like a smartarse lol sorry about that but i have just handed in 5 very well researched and bloody long assignments on the subject of the business, performing, copyright, licensing etc etc
apparantly sound engineers need to know this stuff
