"but Pete has somewhat of a reputation of asigning copyrights for political reasons and to keep someone else from cashing in on a song he considers to be public domain."

This is not fair. He fought to have Solomon Linder for the copyright on Wimoweh. He has never to my knowledge tried to keep anyone from cashing in on anything. Pete has been scrupulous in his making sure that the right authors/composers receive their due. I speak from personal experience with Pete.



Frank