[HANASHIR:16129] Re: question of clarification for the term "finders fee" re: song distribution

[Ross Levy <rossmlevy...>]

sounds to me like they are keeping your song, friend.
A finders fee, is simply money paid to you for
"finding" the song. Now that they have it they will
give you your money and they will copyright it
themselves. You should not give anymore music away
without it being copyrighted first. Sorry, I hope for
your sake I am wrong in this case.

Ross M. Levy

--- Terri Rosenhouse <terri (at) rosenhouse(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a question re: the term "finder's fee". My
> collaborator and I have written some Jewish choral
> music that interest many; we are still in the
> process of finding a publisher and distributor. In
> the meantime, we have been asked by some choirs to
> sell our pieces to them and we have done so
> accordingly. As you all know, the printing and
> publication of music is a time consuming and costly
> project, so I offered the last interested choir
> permission to print out one of our pieces for a
> $40.00  check, given the hopeful understanding that
> printing rights would be limited to that choir. The
> choir is interested in that piece; but said that it
> would give us a check as a"finder's fee".Can anyone
> please tell me what this means? Thanks, Terri
> terri (at) rosenhouse(dot)com 
> Songwriter, Educator
> 


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