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Old 12-20-2020, 05:35 PM
JonPR JonPR is offline
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Originally Posted by Silly Moustache View Post
Song writers ? No. Publishers - Yes.
This!

Have you read It's One For The Money?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-One-Mon.../dp/1472111907
- a brilliant history of how songwriting was monetized by publishers over the last 100 years or so: for their benefit, of course, not for the songwriters themselves.

Having said that, the concept of "intellectual property" is a tricky one. Creators should be rewarded for their work - but how much, and in what way?
When something like copyright can be bought and sold, something smells funny somewhere...
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