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OK, well not only am I all doofus-ish about PM-ing, but about contracts too – DOH! Sheesh I must be making a GREAT first impression here.

I had been scanning the agreement, saw perpetuity mentioned in a couple spots, misinterpreted it, and didn’t catch on that the perpetuity was quite standard-ly applying to the collection of royalties generated from broadcast of the libraries titles, and (I’m guessing not as standard-ly) the contract also converts to perpetuity for a track if the composer earns $500 or more from it.

But the initial term is in fact 5 YEARS.

So yes I have been quite the unnecessarily trouble making a-hole today.

Major apologies to all for my sloppy contract reading and false alarming.

Now does the part about they’re under no obligation to actually include the music in their library and can omit it at any time seem benign enough? I’m thinking I might still want to ask for a rights reversion to composer if they omit it from the library.

And Art, if you’d like to just nuke this whole topic I’ve started that has been such a time wasting fiasco so far, that’d be fine w/me.

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Thanks guys – I’ll PM you both the library info and also a copy of the agreement in question if you’re interested.

Well if I can figure out how to PM you – dam I see everyone else knows how to do it but I’m having a tremendous doofus dummy moment here. I’m accustomed on other forums to clicking on another members name, profile, in order to PM them…

And MichaelL, yes, I’m assuming reputability based on what other composers here have related regarding their experiences with the library.

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