On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:55:53 -0400 Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue March 13 2007, Tim wrote: > > The whole copyright/royalties/record industry issue stinks. You can't > > even do the right thing if you wanted to. e.g. If someone asks me to > > dub music onto their wedding video, I can pay a token $40 fee for the > > right to do so, which allows me to do that and sell about 4 copies of > > the end result. But nowhere on the application form does it ask you > > what music you're using. That fee is NOT going to go to the artists or > > producers of what you actually used. It's just a rort to prop up the > > music mafia. > > "music mafia" - on this terminology, we are in complete agreement Go to www.magnatune.com, find some nice music hosted there, click on the licensing option button, and it will go to the artists and to magnatune. You can even pay them extra if you wish. I suspect there are others doing similar things nowdays. Alan
