tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post3775815198412342571..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: My Copyright Left MeSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-83413212250732784492007-08-29T06:46:00.000+00:002007-08-29T06:46:00.000+00:00Anon...Erm, actually, the point that this is the f...Anon...<BR/><BR/>Erm, actually, the point that this is the first time that a single has charted out-of-copyright is precisely the point. I didn't say that the song was "unheard" or "unavailable" - the phrase I used was "Elvis fans get the chance to hear something they haven't grown heartily sick of from the official imprints" - My Baby Left Me has never charted in the UK before, unlike the RCA official releases which had only been out as singles three years ago, and while you could get hold of it as, for example, a bonus track on some versions of some of the compilation albums, it wasn't exactly <I>easy</I> to get hold of:<BR/><BR/><I>The big story here is for the industry and the suits at Sony BMG who - until now - were making money every time someone bought My Baby Left Me.</I><BR/><BR/>Except they weren't really bothering to make it available, were they? So instead of the composers getting a few quid from one bonus track on the odd album, they're now benefiting from having a Top 20 hit as someone else is exploiting an under-used song.<BR/><BR/>You're right about Lisa Marie, mind.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-64865212601400974462007-08-28T23:32:00.000+00:002007-08-28T23:32:00.000+00:00Ummm that's not quite the point... leaving aside t...Ummm that's not quite the point... leaving aside the rights and wrongs of copyrights and licenses, this isn't a previously unheard recording and it hasn't been locked in a vault. All the 50 year thing means is that - as long as you have an original recording (ie tape, 78, record) older than 50 years then you are able to reproduce it. It's up to you now how you buy My Baby Left Me - whether on a Sony BMG release from the master recording or a copy by someone else sourced from a (presumably good) 50 year old source tape.<BR/><BR/>Either way, nothing radical here for the punter - they're still buying a song that's been available now for over 50 years. The composer still earns their royalties regardless of whichever label is releasing the song.<BR/><BR/>The big story here is for the industry and the suits at Sony BMG who - until now - were making money every time someone bought My Baby Left Me.<BR/><BR/>Picky note: Priscilla turns up these days as a sort of Elvis ambassador, singing his praises and appearing in documentaries like that "Presleys By The Presleys" show. Don't forget though that she and the King were long divorced by the time he died. Priscilla probably gets a retainer in some form but she's not a Yoko-style widow. Lisa Marie however should be getting enough money to mean she shouldn't need to be dabbling with a musical career of her own....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com