Comments on: Can Paul McCartney get his Beatles songs back? http://www.songwritingscene.com/2009/08/can-paul-mccartney-get-his-beatles-songs-back/ A blog for songwriters about songwriting Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 4 Steps to Placing Your Songs in Films and on TV : Vyral Music http://www.songwritingscene.com/2009/08/can-paul-mccartney-get-his-beatles-songs-back/comment-page-1/#comment-887 4 Steps to Placing Your Songs in Films and on TV : Vyral Music Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:22:17 +0000 http://songwritingscene.com/?p=37#comment-887 [...] Can Paul McCartney get his Beatles songs back? [...] [...] Can Paul McCartney get his Beatles songs back? [...]

]]> By: Michael Leahy http://www.songwritingscene.com/2009/08/can-paul-mccartney-get-his-beatles-songs-back/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Michael Leahy Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:22:50 +0000 http://songwritingscene.com/?p=37#comment-64 It kind of breaks my heart to say so, but McCartney will have to stand in line with his cheque book. You can be sure that any number of investment funds will be trying to acquire the catalogue. Once created and signed, songs become a copyright and are transferrable assets (in addition to being the sundtrack to our lives). A acatalogue with a track record like this is very valuable due to its stability. Sheryl Crow just got $10 million on the back of (IMHO) 2 songs. <br /><br />On the other hand, he stands to gain anyway. Someone that stumps up the $500 million or so will be trying hard to recoup! And McCartney is one half of the beneficiaries. It kind of breaks my heart to say so, but McCartney will have to stand in line with his cheque book. You can be sure that any number of investment funds will be trying to acquire the catalogue. Once created and signed, songs become a copyright and are transferrable assets (in addition to being the sundtrack to our lives). A acatalogue with a track record like this is very valuable due to its stability. Sheryl Crow just got $10 million on the back of (IMHO) 2 songs.

On the other hand, he stands to gain anyway. Someone that stumps up the $500 million or so will be trying hard to recoup! And McCartney is one half of the beneficiaries.

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