[HANASHIR:16154] Re: question of clarification for the term "finders fee" re: song distribution

[Terri Rosenhouse <terri...>]

Thanks, Rob. Terri
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Weissman <robw (at) flashmail(dot)com>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:30 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:16130] Re: question of clarification for the term
"finders fee" re: song distribution


> Ross --
>
> That is not correct.  Unless the music was written as a "work made for
> hire," i.e., the music was written specifically for someone who paid you
to
> write it, the author is the owner of the copyright until the owner
transfers
> that ownership.  I did a quick check, and could find no cases where
payment
> of a "finder's fee" was deemed to effect a transfer of copyright
ownership.
> Terri -- you should make it clear in writing that when you sell a choir
the
> music to one of your pieces, you are merely giving them the right to make
> copies for internal use, but that you are retaining copyright ownership.
>
> Rob Weissman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ross Levy" <rossmlevy (at) yahoo(dot)com>
> To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:09 AM
> Subject: [HANASHIR:16129] Re: question of clarification for the term
> "finders fee" re: song distribution
>
>
> > 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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