Talk:Radio-Activity
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Ricardus, you are confused between copyright in musicial compositions (publishing) and copyright in sound recordsings (indicated by the (P) symbol). I will need to correct your recent edits. --feline1 09:45, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
I have been digging around on the PRS-MCPS database this morning (http://www.mcps.co.uk ) The legal situation regarding Kraftwerk's publishing arrangements is nowhere near as straightforward as "from 1975 onwards, they had 100% ownership of all their compositions". Whilst the names "Kling Klang Verlag" and "Kling Klang Musik GmbH" certainly regularly appear on the PRS-MCPS database against their songs from 1975 onwards, numerous entries still also show percentages owned by at least a dozen other companies (mainly various EMI companies).
In any case, owning full publishing rights on your own material does not give you "100% artistic freedom"! (if only!) - this is a very naive and simplistic attitude. At best, it simply means you get higher %age revenue stream from radio/TV broadcast royalties and mechanicals from record releases - but the downside is that you no longer get paid publishing advances by your publishing company.--feline1 10:27, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
