j0_77, Max is working on a similar scheme right now.

You say.....Assuming the stuff is original - - why should the author or anyone else expect to gain additional reward after they have gotten the royalties off of recordings? ..... The way I see it is that if someone creates a work of any kind and someone else comes along and makes scads of money from that work then they owe the originator something.

For example, I bought this original picture from an artist. I paid the artist for it and I enjoy it. However, If I were to make 10,000 copies of it and sell them then I think that the artist should get some royalties for that. Also I don't think I should do it without the artist's permission.

Some while ago I tried to suggest some reasonable Mudcat copyright rules whereby Mudcatters wouldn't have to worry about singing other Mudcatters songs. Unfortunately, the discussion rapidly deteriorated into an argument because some people seemed to want all songs to be free.

Hi Gargoyle, be nice to Max now Laddie. BTW did you ever call and talk with him?

Bert.