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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Monkees |
| Date | Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:38:44 -0400 |
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AT Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:38:23 Rob wrote:
>And Jamie, as a longtime veteran of dealing with publishing contracts I
>completeley understand mechanicals and how they work. But I still bet there
>were side deals involved when the Monkees covered a lesser known
>songwriters tune. Maybe that didn't apply to someone like Neil Diamond but
>even then I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't some form of kickbacks
>involved.
Well, if what Brian Curtis said is true and Screen Gems owned everything, it
might have been a matter of what they were willing to purchase the song
for...outright...as opposed to entering a licensing deal...in which case
you're right, there would have been some serious inbalances in the
acquisition of certain songs. Can't imagine Neil Diamond songs were cheap.
>Bobby Sutliff
>(who will never, ever again sign a publishing deal for only 75% of
>mechanicals)
Ouch! That must have been a long time ago....standard deals are much higher
now.
Jaimie Vernon,
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