Comments on: Musicians don’t own ‘Mechanical Rights’ http://www.p2pnet.net/story/21486 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wylie walker http://www.p2pnet.net/story/21486/comment-page-1#comment-974709 wylie walker Tue, 26 May 2009 19:41:31 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=21486#comment-974709 unfortunately the musicians are always getting screwed by attorneys and publishers.....most musicians don't realize that copyrights are not as valuable as publishing rights......and the anti christ race is responsible.......once you forfeit your publishing rights.......then it is much harder to negotiate unless the publisher says ok....my point.....always keep your publishing rights......everything is one sided..........i am a publisher......for my music.....we need fairness........a company/person pitching a song for a musician is good.......they deserve a commission for their effort....what they do not deserve is owning any rights to that song....unless there is equal money exchange for the publishing rights......once you give your publishing rights away.....then the publisher will receive monies.....even when they do nothing.....that is the scam.....when a copyright is less valuable than publishing rights.....then every musician must rebel against the system....how....thats another subject........... unfortunately the musicians are always getting screwed by attorneys and publishers…..most musicians don’t realize that copyrights are not as valuable as publishing rights……and the anti christ race is responsible…….once you forfeit your publishing rights…….then it is much harder to negotiate unless the publisher says ok….my point…..always keep your publishing rights……everything is one sided……….i am a publisher……for my music…..we need fairness……..a company/person pitching a song for a musician is good…….they deserve a commission for their effort….what they do not deserve is owning any rights to that song….unless there is equal money exchange for the publishing rights……once you give your publishing rights away…..then the publisher will receive monies…..even when they do nothing…..that is the scam…..when a copyright is less valuable than publishing rights…..then every musician must rebel against the system….how….thats another subject………..

]]> By: Thinker http://www.p2pnet.net/story/21486/comment-page-1#comment-973693 Thinker Sat, 09 May 2009 15:14:11 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=21486#comment-973693 Songwriters don't own mechanical or performance rights rights either. To have their songs recorded or performed by others, songwriters generally - some are the minimal exceptions - must first give up the songs to a publisher, who just happens to be (frequently) the publishing arm of the first record company to record the song. If not, the songwriter has to give up the songs to an independent publisher. Then about 95 to 98 percent of all the money made as profit from the songs is retained by the recording and publishing (a fishhook misnomer, as they publish almost nothing) firms. Then the 2 to 5 percent of the money paid to songwriters is usually paid to the wrong ones, the ones with the ability to manipulate the black hole unaudited accounting system at the record companies, the publishers and the mechanical and performance rights organizations. The scam is total. Songwriters don’t own mechanical or performance rights rights either.

To have their songs recorded or performed by others, songwriters generally – some are the minimal exceptions – must first give up the songs to a publisher, who just happens to be (frequently) the publishing arm of the first record company to record the song. If not, the songwriter has to give up the songs to an independent publisher. Then about 95 to 98 percent of all the money made as profit from the songs is retained by the recording and publishing (a fishhook misnomer, as they publish almost nothing) firms.

Then the 2 to 5 percent of the money paid to songwriters is usually paid to the wrong ones, the ones with the ability to manipulate the black hole unaudited accounting system at the record companies, the publishers and the mechanical and performance rights organizations.

The scam is total.

]]> By: voxleo http://www.p2pnet.net/story/21486/comment-page-1#comment-973676 voxleo Sat, 09 May 2009 09:41:27 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=21486#comment-973676 Turn up the volume, I really like the sound of this; its got a beat I can dance to! Turn up the volume, I really like the sound of this; its got a beat I can dance to!

]]> By: Hawthy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/21486/comment-page-1#comment-973631 Hawthy Fri, 08 May 2009 14:15:42 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=21486#comment-973631 A voice of sanity!! A voice of sanity!!

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