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Topic History of: royalties and where did the money go?
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david	I agree one hundred per cent Jonathan - that you should bring your own personality or ideas into a cover to seperate it from say the original but maintain the valuable and worthy attributes of the (original) song within your own version. Personally I loved what you did with "Sugar Sugar" by (JK project) Sakkarin. You turned a sugary bubblegum song into a heavy metal farce with a comical twist .. it was quite brilliant. What about the picture sleeve .. those gappy teeth !! It all fitted together so perfectly.
JK2006	Though whether Oooga Chagga added to Hooked On A feeling you'd have to ask Mark James. Or my strange Bubblerock Satisfaction - ask Mick. But at least they were my own interpretations. Always valid. Eva Cassidy's Rainbow was a great cover - she made it her song. Ditto KIm Carnes and Bette Davis Eyes - she (or, rather, the producer) converted Jackie de Shannon's OK demo into a SMASH. As Whitney did with Dolly's Always...
david	I think people are forgetting that there is a very good reason to recording a cover. The song already has in-built popularity. Many producers enjoy doing covers because the public are often familiar with the song and so are other record labels and radio/media players. They're often easier to license-out and make money from. So I would never resent having to pay the songwriting/publishing fees on covers - even if you do ad your own arrangement or re-write some of the lyrics. You are still benefitting by going with a cover and you still make plenty of dough from iTunes sales, physical sales, mobile phone downloads etc. Covers are great and be happy to pay the publishing royalties because the song will often give you a guaranteed return. It's just like playing the stock market - cover songs are blue chip shares. David
DJones	there are no clear cut rules. It is a matter of negotiation power. Superstar artists can demand publishing royalties if they do a cover version - but even the most creative artists who change boring songs into hits will get nothing. This situation is even worse for samples. Here you need a prior release from the label (owner of the sound recording) and the publisher (owner of the song copyright).
nathanjay	Dammit thats where I knew the "Let It All Hang Out" loop from!