At 3:03 PM -0500 2/14/06, David W. Fenton wrote:
Er, he *was* compensated for his editing. That is the main thing that, in my experience, most people miss -- they think Sawkins was not paid for his edition. But he was already paid an editing fee. He was asking for performance royalties, which generally go only to performers, arrangers and composers.
Excellent point, David, but I can't agree with your last sentence. Under ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers unless I remember wrongly), publishers and composers split performance royalties. Arrangers are working for hire, unless they have signed a contract with a publisher that says otherwise. And performers (or their sponsors or producers) PAY performance royalties, they don't collect them. You may be thinking of publication royalties, but again that depends on the wording of your contract.
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