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Old 11-17-2005, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511
This may sound stupid, but what exactly do you mean by performance royalties?
Songwriters get paid a different and much larger portion of money for the songs than a performer. They both get money when it is played somewhere, but only the songwriter gets paid when a song is covered. I am not sure how the structure works - there is an industry standard for performers and writers but extremely prominent people can renogotiate these percentages.
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