Singers tell Congress: Money (That's What I Want)

a singer, Jack Ely sang "Louie Louie" in 1963 and it is still played on the radio but his wife and him only share $30,000 a year. Thats the money from social security checks. But whenever he hears the song he thinks about how hes not getting paid for his hard work. The only things that he got from his hard work was $5000 shortly after he recorded it and then went off to war.

The writer of the song has mad roughly $100,000 every year from it being played on the radio. But now days the music industry has been making less and less money every year. but it thinks it can handle this tough time.

The radio industry makes money off of royalties which are made from commericals. but because of the struggleing economy less people are being able to manage their radio business. It looks like they will pull through it but the problem Ely has is everyones getting money from his song, except him.

I dont think its fair for the singer to not get any money from his song. he worked hard on it. and it is right that the writer of the song gets money from the song he wrote but if the writer gets $100,000 a year, and Ely only got $5,000 for the song in the past years the writer has made millions and Ely only $5000. Ely needs to have his rights protected. He sang the song, and it was well liked. He deserves to have a chunk of the change that his song is pulling in.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/high_tech/1700/05-04-2009/20090504062006_33.html