Maeve Binchy has Died

[Sam Lord]

This death will be exploited by the copyright cartel to heavily market Binchys books for a second time. Dead artists are very profitable for the copyright industry, because they dont have to pay any royalties to the artist.

Are you sure? Steig Larsson's father and brother did very well I believe out of his estate.

[ZeroWedge]

Are you sure? Steig Larsson's father and brother did very well I believe out of his estate.

Every artists contract is different. Some get to keep most of their earnings. Others like Billy Idol, get nothing because their contract is written in a particular way, that they are "employees" of the record company.

It usually depends on how financially literate the artist is when they enter into the contract. Many artists were so desperate to get any record deal that they signed away nearly all their profits. Most contracts cover "all future earnings" even for work that has not been created yet. So the artist is locked in for life, to the one publishing company.

Thankfully, technology allows artists to bypass record companies. Musicians and authors can sell their work directly to the consumer. My favourite site is CoinDL.com where artists sell ebooks and music downloads for bitcoins.

[Sam Lord]

Every artists contract is different.

So there is no real reason for us to believe your original post as you have no idea what sort of contract Binchy had with her publisher.

[ZeroWedge]

So there is no real reason for us to believe your original post as you have no idea what sort of contract Binchy had with her publisher.

No my original post was accurate. I dont know any publishing company who's percentage will not increase with the death of the artist. It would be highly unusual for the artists estate to receive the exact same royalties as the artist themselves were receiving prior to the death.

[Hapax]

I dont know any publishing company who's percentage will not increase with the death of the artist.

I know many such.

It would be highly unusual for the artists estate to receive the exact same royalties as the artist themselves were receiving prior to the death.

I've been involved with a small publishing house for quite a few decades, and our terms have always remained unchanged by the death of an author.

[Holly]

[Count Bobulescu]

NYT appreciation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/bo...ies-at-72.html

[fluffybiscuits]

Ireland has lost one of its best writers...

On a personal note I was not a fan of her books, they didnt appeal but I know many others who enjoyed them...
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[Andrew49]

Are you sure? Steig Larsson's father and brother did very well I believe out of his estate.

They sure did ... to the detriment of Larson's long time partner, Eva Gabrielsson; Larsson's entire estate was passed to his father & brother. Eva says she was offered the other half of her apartment, only if she handed over Stieg's laptop; she refused.

In 2007, his family relented and allowed her to keep the whole property, but she has no other significant inheritance. n November 2009, the Larssons said they were willing to settle with Gabrielsson for £1.75m. She refused. I ask what her lawyers are aiming for, and she says it is "the same as always. That I would manage the literary legacy for a fee, which would be a percentage of the royalties for Millennium, a percentage that the family themselves could decide or propose … I think after two or three years my lawyer suggested I would get 20% for managing the literary legacy, and they don't want that. They could keep 80%. But they want the control – or the businesses around them do, because it gives them maximum freedom." LINK