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Christopher Hicks wrote:
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> I happen to be a personal friend of the trumpet player on the Beatles'
> "Penny Lane", one of the biggest selling records by one of the biggest
> selling bands that the pop industry has known. Try to guess his royalties
> from that record. Millions, right? A penny a copy would have made hundreds
> of thousand in 30 years. Nope, lower. Thousands? no, still way too high.
> Surely it must be a few hundred? Nope - way off.
>
> His royalties from that record to date total 11 pounds. That's right, less
> than 20 bucks for millions of copies sold over 30 years. It's an insult and
> an absolute disgrace for one of the country's finest and most talented
> musicians (unquestionably more talented than any of the "four") to be
> treated this way. He's in his sixties now, wanting to retire but unable to
> afford to.
All the copy protection in the world won't correct this injustice. It
needs to be addressed some other way.
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