Hi,

In replay of all this I can tell you how it is in Holland. As an example Bud's Elvis exampl.

If I want to cover/record a song of Elvis I need to have permission of the owner of the rights of the song/melody.
Even if I want to use different lyrics and only need the melody. If he thinks it's ok and proberly pay a lot of royalties i can record this disc. Those who copy or play (as a DJ or a store )that disc have to pay royalties to my.

That's way everybody whose producing music to gain a bonefit the one or the otherway,
by a gigging musician, as a DJ, or the shopowner who wants some atmosphere in his shop, even the Radio and TV channels etc. have to pay a fee. Like in Sweden I have read in the mesagge of Lindoz in Holland too is a institute which collect that money.

So if I made a legal style from a known Elvis song the copyright for the style is mine and i had permission for doing that by paying royalties to the owner/publisher of the original score.
Or if I do some bar's and a small change than the original owner don't get any fee from me, because it is created from scrath by myself. But the copyright for the style is still mine and everybody who using it for making mony with it have to pay rayolties.


rgds.
Wim

[This message has been edited by waterschip (edited 04-15-2002).]