"You seem to be proposing that we extend ownership to source artists."
On teh conrary Al - Folk song is supposed too be in teh pubic domain and owned by nobody - dat's de law
You are entitled to get mainey from PRS for music you cal lay ownnership on, but the joy of finding folk song was in fact it was owned by nobody
As Walter Pardon pt it, "They're not my songs, they're everybody's"

I've never earned a penny out of folk song and Walter got paid for singing them at clubs - that is the way it should be
Surely you see the benefit of keeping it that way ?
involving the PRS and the IMRO sharks has already cost the club scene dear - if you lose the 'public domain' status nobody is going to b able to keep any club going
Jim