>as a composer, Joni would have no chance to allow (or not) the use of a song in a commercial. The decision of whether to allow the recording to be used would belong to whomever holds the copyright to that particular recording,<
this is not true...a composer is generally the one who owns the copyright to their own work unless they've sold those rights to someone else which joni has not...joni was always very savy business wise & i believe held on to both the publishing & writing copyrights for her songs...when someone records another person's songs this is a licensing issue & anyone who wants to record one of her songs can do so by paying about 8 cents per song per cd/album/record release ...it is still a licensing issue when recording something for tv/movie broadcast but i'm not sure of the process...pretty sure she can veto the application for the license however, if she were so inclined... ******************************************** Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs Over the Moon- "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" All Music Guide ********************************************
