Hi Nerd
Sorry for not being all knowledgable! But please correct me if I'm wrong on the following.
Michael Chapman / Voiceprint bought the rights back from DB for the Almost Alone album re-issued late last year
The Houghton Weavers have also bought back some or all of their back catalogue.

The above info came from the artists, so it seems that some people at least can negotiate with him.

Sorry for admitting I know nothing of the internal situation regarding DB/ CM. How should I correct this....ask him for a job?
Also I dont "presume to explain things", I was just asking questions to try and get a balanced picture.
Maybe I should just accept that something is wrong because some else says so! I think not.

Sorry if I offended you with my "tedious" questions
LL