Chaplin song silences U.K. charity girl
Found on MSNBC on Thursday, 22 July 2010
The 10-year-old budding actress' effort to raise money for a U.K. children's hospice through a homemade video has been dealt a setback by a copyright dispute with a New York-based publishing company that owns the rights to a song from a Charlie Chaplin movie.
After her mother, Yvonne, wrote to explain the background of the project, the publishers said Bethany could keep the song online for one year as long as the family paid a $2,000 fee and a further $250 every time she performs the song in public, the U.K. Daily Mail reported.
I am sure that the Charlie Chaplin will see a lot of the money that's being made with his works. Without constant bullying from lobbyists, it would be already public domain.