> There was also a recent ruling that session musicians deserve a > bigger share, so I can see the same applying with computer music. As far as I'm concerned, the author of a SID is also the performer, and the SID is a performance. No less so certainly than a lot of dance tracks, which are programme...

You may be right (though people seem surprisingly unkeen to give out money, even people who seem like nice guys!). It's not Console who made most of the money out of Martin's work: it's the record labels. My claim is that Martin should be acknowledged as part author of the track: if that is admitted...

I just put in a claim on 14 Zero Zero on behalf of Martin Galway. Let's see Virgin Germany deal with that one

Chris

Why not borrow the money from the C64 mafia?

OK, perhaps not...

> selling an inner organ or two might help a bit.

Well, there were a lot of Grannies being sold on EBay before BIT Live 1. Suspicious...

Chris

> [dammit money troubles] Most people who somehow found hidden reserves and came to previous BIT Live events never regretted it: after all, it's a very rare event, and entry is only the price of a beer or two... though obviously travel is also a factor. The question is: can you afford to MISS it? :)...

> That's a bit strong; I don't imagine they think their album will shift > more copies on the back of a small snippet of Last Ninja in one of > the songs Of course it won't: but it's still pretending Ben's work is theirs. That's wrong, however you cut it. Of course, I haven't seen the album cover. M...

<<<
hi chris, can i use 64er remixes which i done myself on my bandpages
like besonic.com and mp3.de ??? and if yes, can i get a written permisson
or something else....
>>>
I can give you some sort of letter if you really need it, and it's a piece I administer.

Chris

My underwater killers filled in their paperwork, and tomorrow Ben Daglish will own 10% of the track. Cool or what?

Chris

Well, first of all, people who cover stuff on RKO have blanket permission from the main composers to do it. So they're legal after all. And everyone else doesn't mind. It's only when there's commercial activity that I get involved. I remember this game: it was a promotional game for some company wri...

This is exactly the kind of thing I have to deal with. They've used Ben's work to "Pay homage", but I'd be truly surprised if they actually credited him as part-composer of the work or mentioned him in any way at all. So if this was the case, it would be no homage at all: just passing off ...

More brutality. Got it... {makes notes}

They were written over a year and a half ago, and they were all uploaded automatically into the system on the same date.

Um, yeah, I was a bit brutal wasn't I? * hides *

Chris "Simon" Cowell

<<< Glyn explored a new area of sound, no question about his work and the feedback . >>> > Thanks alot Putzi , appreciate it ... Just in case anyone thinks I was criticising Glyn or Mahoney, I wasn't. I was merely pointing out that Putzi's rule about "the better the cover, the less the feedback...

> 'vintage dreams waves v2' soundfont
I used v1 on BIT 1 It had some major detuning problems though...

Chris