utah saints

[Jackie Zucconi <mailrus!gatech!netlink.cts.COM!lionhart@uunet.UU.NET>]

mailrus!gatech!tlon.mit.edu!rob@uunet.uu.net (Rob Sanner) writes:

> 
> their song, which is getting a distressing amount of airplay up here
> is called, i think, "something good", and is built almost entirely
> around a sample from cloudbusting.
> 
> while catchy, it really burns me that something like this can qualify
> as somehow a "new" composition.  actually, what is the copyright law on
> this; does KaTe have to give permission for the sample?? if not, the piece
> becomes even more execrable IMHO.
> 
> --rob

As far as I've been able to find out Kate did indeed give permission to 
the Utah Saints to use a sample from Cloudbusting; permission was also 
dependent upon paying a fee (Kate's no fool). What I'm curious to find 
out is whether or not this was a flat fee or is she getting royalties. I 
hope she made it a royalty deal because (as far as the CMJ report goes) 
it's an extremely hot seller in the UK and gain ground here in the 
techno-rave scene. This could make her a tidy little sum to put-off an 
album release for another year don't you think?!
                     Kateness,
                           Lionheart

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