I've never thought about this, actually, but
isn't it more likely to go back to royal
privileges (i.e. monopolies) and the bribes
necessary to secure same?
yeah, i thought there should be some connection
to the court, but so far nothing backs it up.
interesting, if what you suggest were the case,
then the first payment originally went in the
other direction (!), to secure the rights of
exclusive exploitation for the rights holder for
a defined time period. this was certainly
typical for objects, inventions, but doesn't
quite apply to music, at least it wouldn't seem
so.
in any case, according to others' definitions and
the little i've found on the web (specific to the
word itself), there seems to be a gap between the
"royal" connection of such rights and its
recorded use to mean payments made to rights
holder.
What are such payments called in other countries?
F redevances (to "owe back" in a sense)
D entries include: Patentgebühr (patent fee);
Tantiem; Abgaben (? from babelfish...)
I diritti d'autore (author rights)
E derechos (rights)
are these all correct? are there other words in these languages?
yeah english is the only language where the
possible connection to the court is apparent in
the word.
--
shirling & neueweise ... new music publishers
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