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> Thanks, Fritz. That's the kind of input I was hoping to prompt. Work
> for hire contracts have changed quite a bit in the last 30 years. In
> other industries it used to literally be that you signed away your
> rights when you endorsed the back of the check for deposit. No matter
> what standard practices are now, it would seem that a musician
> delivering the standard 35 eight second notes for a Mellotron tape set
> session would have to grant rights in perpetuity - any attempt at
> tracking performance and residual payment would seem to me to be nigh
> impossible, which I think is what you stated.
> jb
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> fdoddy@... wrote:
> >
> >
> > Not necessarily true. Accepting a paycheck does not automatically
> > relinquish one's rights to future earnings from a recorded
> > performance. The type of work must be agreed upon first. "Work for
> > hire", which is probably the description of most if not all mellotron
> > recordings would typify a buyout in perpetuity of the performance.
> > Residual payment can be for the performance of a piece as well as the
> > intellectual property.
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> >
> > fd
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: john barrick <astroboy@...>
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thu, 21 May 2009 9:10 pm
> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Rights of Original Mellotron Musicians
> >
> > David - I know nothing, so what better subject for me to chime in on. I
> >
> > assume that all rights and claims were relinquished when they accepted a
> >
> > paycheck for the sessions.
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> >
> > djacques wrote:
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> > > I am sure that this must have been discussed, but I am curious what
> >
> > > rights the original Mellotron musicians have/had when they recorded
> >
> > > the original tapes. I also wonder about sections of popular music that
> >
> > > used actual Mellotron performances (like the beginning Spanish guit
> > ar
> >
> > > run in Bungalow Bill). The guitarist who performed this could say that
> >
> > > he/she performed on a Beatles song! This is obviously a different
> >
> > > story than the violinist who played one note for 8 seconds. I would
> >
> > > not expect these musicians to get credit for the Moody Blues or
> >
> > > Crimson songs⦠Where is the line drawn?
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