[Fmpro] PRO's...... Retitling -- Fraud

[Gael MacGregor]

Les,

That is simply a translation of the title, not technically a "retitling" of a composition. It is not designed to defraud anyone, but I can see how it could certainly create a problem -- especially since certain words and phrases simply do not translate well to other languages. I'd think that one would check on their titles to verify if/how their works have been translated.

Let's see... how would you translate "ShkUrSxyBooT4Me" into French?...

Gael

--- On Tue, 7/8/08, LesHurdle <leshurdle at avradionet.com> wrote:

> From: LesHurdle <leshurdle at avradionet.com>
> Subject: PRO's...... Retitling -- Fraud
> To: gaelmacgregor at yahoo.com, fmpro at nxport.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 7:34 AM
>
...SACEM re-titles music.  and example might such as Mr Black.  SACEM may well register the title as Monsieur Noir. They then send e.g info/royalties to PRS under the name 'The Black Man'... the ££'s get lost in the system[s]...happened to a good friend of mine in the UK.
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> L