Re: [ARSCLIST] ^ Letter on British Copyright Term Extension

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Jack Palmer" <vdalhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     But he usually doesn't own the rights to the recordings that are being
> sold and resold all over the world.  His performance was paid for and
unless
> he signed a contract giving him  royalties for his performance he never
gets
> another dime.   Jack
>
This was definitely true during at least most of the 78 era...but these days
standard union contracts grant artists royalties (which the record companies
use imaginative accounting to avoid paying, but...)

Steven C. Barr