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Originally Posted by garinda
Admittedly Pete Waterman is already a wealthy man, but that really isn't the point.
Millionaire or pauper, there's a principle at stake.
If he co-wrote the song, it should be protected by copyright.
After all the owners of YouTube/Google aren't exactly short of a bob or two either, and they are making money off Waterman's work. Especially if they're just paying eleven quid, for a song that's been watched 154 million times.
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It's a valid point, it's the argument performers/producers have with google.. but Watermans stuff will have been played millions of times all over the world by DJ's at clubs and discos..I doubt he gets paid anything for those plays.