In a message dated 11/3/03 2:28:47 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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> Better be Bruce Springsteen (3 decades, and still counting) than some
> obscure 16-year old chick who's gonna be long forgotten even before she's
> fully cashed her royalty check.
>

Ahhh but as a technical person who has had to support a payroll system that
paid out royalty checks to the heirs of dead entertainers I can attest to the
long term value of such royalties!

The checks go on nearly forever.

Now if only the intellectual property rights to software were as lucrative!

Wayne

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