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Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte
Really? I'm fairly certain my wedding was NOT a public event. As a matter of fact, had there been an uninvited guest, we had several large gentlemen (not to mention my irate wife) on hand to forcibly (and gleefully) eject him from the premises.
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There's a number that's a cutoff, though I'm not sure what it is. Something like more than 25 people listening is considered public performance. Or maybe 100, 500, I don't know. But that's how the determination is made, at least here in Canada. I'd imagine it's the same in the states.
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Originally Posted by KNS
If you purchase Bach or Mozart to listen to, how much of the sale goes to the record company and how much goes to Bach or Mozart. Is the record company making sure that they are seeing their percentage?
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The music itself is public domain (more than 50 years after the death of the creator), but the recording is the property of the producers, performers, etc. So a CD of Mozart would have royalties split between performers, engineers and record company, whereas a CD of Phillip Glass would have royalties split between all those people, plus the composer.