[NewMusic] What David Cope is up to

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

>From my understanding of the industry and similar ones, a lot of this is
basically work-for-hire. The rights belong to the company. The musicians get
paid hourly or are on salary, if they are employees of the company, and
either get an hourly rate or a project-based fee if they are employed as
contractors. 

I would guess that in theory, were a company to hire a "big name famous
person" whose reputation would serve to create a larger audience for the
product, they could negotiate additional rights in their contract. But the
default contract is probably work-for-hire with no royalties.

sl

Jon Raskin wrote:
Barry, how many musicians are employed to create the 100 hours of music on a
game?  What do they get for the effort?  Is it fee based? Are their any
royalties available at least at the top end of the industry?