Copyrighted lyrics in book

[Yvonne Oots]

MR. Kessler........
MUSIC PUBLISHERS.......
Yvonne

[Brady Boyd]

Sisters of Mercy? One of my wife's favorite bands.

Brady Boyd

[Brady Boyd]

Thanks Gary. As always, when I have a legal question, you give me all I need to know.

Brady Boyd

[Yvonne Oots]

The fee that you will pay to the MUSIC Publisher is called a administration fee..... the average cost is 100.00 but can go higher depending on the song..... If it was a number one song and the song has slipped into the classic song arena then the fee can get higher.....
Very few of these fees make it to the songwriter.....
That is of course whether the songwriter owns the entire publishing rights on the song....
Yvonne

[Gary Kessler]

Thanks for the clarification, Yvonne. (I had thought you'd gone bonkers.) The reference to "publisher" was very ambiguous--although I didn't for a second realize it could refer to anyone but the book publisher.

[Murg]

Yes, Gary provided you with a lot of information (some of which duplicated what Jordie had already posted), but Jordie posted a great deal of relevant material.

[Jordie]

Hey now, hey now now

[Iris]

Because Yvonne does this sort of thing for a living, we can probably assume that she knows what she's talking about.

[Jordie]

Of course the easy assumption is that someone's gone bonkers. Why assume that people are sane? It is too time-consuming.

[Iris]

Jordie, you're right! Pass the scoobie snacks.
And Brady? You're welcome!