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Originally Posted by Mark W  It is not the person who wrote the song / performed the song that is important, it is the person / organisation who own the rights.
Rights to songs really are the oil of the music industry - owning the rights to some old beatles stuff is the only thing currently keeping M Jackson out of debtors jail (I think) - thay are gold dust and are jealously guarded - extreme caution advised for any commenrcial use. All this must keep thousands of laywers rich. |
Mark,
He recently sold some/all of the rights to pay of some/all of his debts. He got 50 million/billion/gazillion, whatever. McCartney said it had always annoyed him that he had to pay someone for the pivilege of singing his own songs in America!
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