Unfortunately it used to work that way when you made a recording with the MCPS. If you record a contemporary song the songwriter should get some dosh, no problem with that. I have got a problem with third parties taking a cut. I remember having a lively conversation with some moron from a publishing company wanting me to pay them for a well known Folk club songwriters number. I said I would be happy to send the money straight to him. You would think I had just buggered the Pope with the expletives he used at me. The fact is the whole system stinks, and as far as I can I have nothing to do with it. When Jim Moray took a couple of songs from me (one of which I wrote the tune) he went on to record them both and get a folk award. Bloody good for him! I want nothing from anybody, and he was good enough to credit me and that's enough. The musicians and singers in the business are for the most part kind and trustworthy, the hangers on are sometimes the opposite. Nobody should tell you what to do with your music least of all YouTube or some publishing company full of suits. Here endeth the rant!