At 02:22 PM 4/2/99 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Joe writes:
>> (BTW, none of this has anything whatsoever to do with publishing. Bug
>> Music is a publisher. BMI and ASCAP are "performing rights societies"
>> which serve as collection agencies for performance royalties only, send
>> them to the publishers and writers, and deduct 1% of your royalties to
>> pay their overhead. In order to collect "mechanical royalties", or money
>> from record sales, you either have to have a publisher, be your own
>> publisher, or at least register yourself with the Harry Fox Agency (they
>> have a website) in order to collect your mechanicals.)
>
>...which is why BUG is so cool, they do BOTH!
Well, they both publish and administer - which is to act on behalf of a
publisher, following up with BMI, ASCAP, the HFA, etc. to collect royalties
that these agencies have collected, and also, as the interview notes, to
pitch songs and other publishing-type activities for folks who are their
own publishers but don't have the inclination or ability to do those
things, but Bug does not directly collect performance and mechanical
royalties.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
