i took a bus to the library this morning and heard the song “takin’ care of business”on radio as a commercial song for Office Depot. i think i’ve heard this song for commercial purpose a lot of times for different office supply companies. i wonder where did they get the copyright of this song and how much are they paying for it.
so first i looked it up on wikipedia. the song’s actually quite popular all over the world. office supply companies in other countries like Australia and new zealand used this song, too.
then i found this. “Takin’ Care of Business” is a song written by Randy BachmanBachman-Turner Overdrive for their 1973 album Bachman-Turner Overdrive II. Licensed as the theme to Office DepotThe Chipmunks).
unfortunately i couldn’t figure out how much they pay for the song. since it was written in the seventies, i guess it’s not old enough to let people use it for free. and if the author(who is still alive) declared his copyright for the song, (of course he did..) that should be a good amount of money coming in every once a while. like rents, except the tanent doesn’t leave.
