The Mellotron Group

He probably signed a "work for hire" agreement, and besides, it is not a performance, but instead,programming.  In the US, there is no performance royalty on programming, that would make no sense.


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-----Original Message-----
From: mattias <Mattias.olsson5@comhem.se>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 12:46 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: samples and copyright


  
    
                  
How about the guy who programmed  the synthbrass sound  on the DX7 ?

Should he get paid or sued everytime the sound is heard on the radio ?

// Mattias


Den 2011-02-25 17.56, skrev "Mike Dickson" <mike.dickson@gmail.com>:


 
 
 
   

   On 25/02/2011 13:01, feline1973 wrote: 

    
 

Nobody knows the name of the people on the tapes and so PPL don't have this info so they ain't getting paid at present.
 
 
   

  
 Well..we know some of them. Trouble is I suspect most of them are dead.