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.



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