I don't trust shadowy people.

I'm a shadowy person - my shadow followed me eveywhere i've been today.

Just so long as you weren't hiding in any shadows.

No, beautiful sunlight. The shadows just followed.

If D's management and recording contracts are with Simon Fuller's companies, should they be responsible for ensuring he gets his royalties?

 

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There's Danesh, Darius but also Darius UNKNOWN which may also be his.

Edited March 10, 200817 yr by Baytree

ooh, I wonder what that is for -

I didn't realise artist/songwriters had to actually claim their royalties. I thought it was more or less automatic. How on earth are they supposed to know after the initial releases especially in a global world of downloads etc?

I noticed that 19 is no longer a major label but an indie now.

That's the thing with so many of his songs being down to Darius instead of Darius Danesh.

but it's not that hard to check 2 names....surely

I could - if they were Darius or Darius Danesh. Are we volunteering for the job again, BT?

I wonder if people have a limited time to stake their claims or if they've got until the copyright runs out and what happens to the money if it remains unclaimed. There are an awful lot of names on there.

I thought that the publishing company jhad some responsibility? Anyone know?

haven't a clue....if I remember I'll ask Neil or get Jo to ask Nian

I'll remind you.

It seems a really complicated thing to keep track of.

 

How, for example, would a songwriter know if someone halfway round the world is covering one of their songs?

There have been cases in the past where the wrong writer was getting royalties for someone else's song. It only c ame up when it was used on TV repeatedly and his wife noticed that he's had no payments.

I wonder if Darius would even remember which publishers his songs are with. Some of his co-writers had exclusive deals which meant some of his songs have ended up with different ones. Would he know if one of the 'demo' b-sides had been picked up.

 

I'm not sure Darius knew about The Way I Do until one of us asked him about it, and it was being played and sung live all over the world.

He did seem uncertain. Well, there's nothing we can do unfortunately.

I've a feeling it was down as Darius Danesh.