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Beastie boys, Coldcut, Fat Boy slim, Chemical Brothers,
we could go on for pages and pages with these so called “composers”forgive my perhaps harsh reply but im feeling pontifical today.
from the vast experience of my non law degree earning career, I can pretty safely tell you that you cannot sell a melody. the composer by definition, creates a melody and has the copyright on this item for life + ~75 years or something like that, and then it can become public domain.
a melody is a series of notes in a particular order and at varying rhythmic intervals. this pattern is then a “composition”. you cannot sell a composition. you can “give it away” perhaps. or you can ignore the fact someone has copied you note for note and rhythm for rhythm, but you cannot sell it. you can sell, or license a “recording” of said melody. if you do happen to find someone to “sell” your melody, you can only do it once, and it would be secret and unenforceable legally, because after you sold it once, someone else would of course claim that the melody was theirs and claim the copyright.
now i will gracefully stumble off my pulpit and retreat back to my armchair lawyering and glass of wine awaiting a more educated response.
anything that is part of NI Komplete 10 Ultimate is working fine so far, at least on my end.
is there any reason why we dont want to talk about which company this is specifically?
sounds like a bad deal btw. 1000Euro could be the synch fee on just 1 trailer. so it would in theory be more profitable for you to not take the advance and split synch 50/50.
and btw.. these libraries should not be afraid to stand behind their business models and have them discussed using their names. Reason being is that there is room for many different models based on the style and type of music. As composers our natural styles, and catalogs may suit RF, vs no advance, vs lifetime exclusive, vs work for hires. There is lots of room for them in different guises, but the libraries need to acknowledge that and not be afraid to compete with each other for the best music.
For the libraries that then sub publish their catalogs to other libraries and just throw it against the wall. That sounds like scum fishing and will end in a race to zero for the composer.