A Fool There Was

[Crowell,Sean [CIS]]

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>A composer gets paid 
>1. if his or her work is performed (BMI/ASCAP) 
>and 
>2. when the work is sold on record or sheet music (by the publisher who
>collects as the copyright holder based on sales).
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>Incidentally, the performing artist only gets paid when a record sells,
>not when it's played.  The composer gets paid on both occasions (but
>much less than the artist for record sales).
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>In other words, BMI doesn't have *publication* rights to anything.

	Not that this is in ANY way related to Pynchon at all but
just thought I'd mention that we have a brand spanking new law
here in Canada that stipulates that performers will also receive
royalties for radio play of cover songs...

					Sean