it's called 'work for hire'.
you have no further rights to the performance and derivatives thereof.
you do the work.
you get paid [hopefully].
you go home [or to the pub and spend your fresh cash].
...jeff
--- On Thu, 5/21/09, djacques <djacques@csulb.edu> wrote:
From: djacques <djacques@csulb.edu>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Rights of Original Mellotron Musicians
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 8:56 PM
I am sure that this must have been discussed, but I amcurious what rights the original Mellotron musicians have/had when theyrecorded the original tapes. I also wonder about sections of popular music thatused actual Mellotron performances (like the beginning Spanish guitar run in BungalowBill). The guitarist who performed this could say that he/she performed on aBeatles song! This is obviously a different story than the violinist who playedone note for 8 seconds. I would not expect these musicians to get credit forthe Moody Blues or Crimson songs… Where is the line drawn?
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