>>>>http://www.harryfox.com/index.jsp
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>>>Sorry - should have phrased it better : they can't refuse permission. What's known as compulsory licence.
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>>Which is exactly the first and foremost reason why I'm not writing any music anymore (the eighth reason is that I never actually started :). If I made a peace of music which would eventually be played in an ad, or even worse, sung to an applied text, I'd just find the Earth too small to hide from myself.
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>I think such useage requires a sync licence so is still controlled by owner of the copyright who can thus choose to negotiate an agreed rate or refuse permission. And presumably by the time the copyright expired you would be hidden in the Earth anyway <g>
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>Regards,
>Viv