Yes, Beyonce is getting a cut if she is listed as a co-author. There is life in that pubishing. Look at what gets covered on AMERICAN IDOL and THE VOICE. You may not have heard that song in years or decades, but the moment someone feels like reviving something? Boom. A production credit can be glorious and beneficial for your resume, but the life of a song, if you're lucky, is anywhere from 5 years to 20 to 50.

Case in point:
2012 is the 50th anniversary of The Beatles getting signed to Parlophone. In the fall, you may hear "Love Me Do" a lot.

2012 is the 30th anniversary of THRILLER. Most likely you will hear countless reality shows, talent shows, tributes, award ceremonies, animal abduction, and zombie analysis progranms using music from THRILLER. If MJ was alive, he would benefit tremendously, even if his career had tanked and he had decided to "retire". November 2012 would be a means to "wait for some nice checks to come in".

My point is, while Beyonce is doing everything she can legally to benefit from a songwriting credit, so does her label and publishers. It's the whole "spend money to make money" theory so as much as her publishers and labels are working her to cash in, she has to do what she has to do in order to maintain, along with keeping track that no one is ripping her off.

Now, could she also pull off what people like Prince, Ike Turner, and James Brown have done, by claiming songwriter credit under fake names? Who says she's not doing that already?

Bottom line: more people should be aware of this, but most aren't told. The way the industry is falling apart, and more artists go on the DIY route by getting their songs on everything from commercials to video games, film to greeting cards, artists have a better chance of maintaining their finances if they know what they're doing and have good people to show them support. I'm not saying this era is free from being ripped off, but you have a good chance of not being broke-ass and dead at 25 like Frankie Lymon.







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