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Entertainment & Sports

Jun. 30, 2011

New Website Sells Music Royalties to Fans

An unusual Internet auction launching this week allows anyone - film buffs as well as investors and industry professionals - to snag the royalty rights to their favorite, old soundtrack tunes.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


At the stroke of midnight Saturday, a spell of sorts will be broken. Several collections of classic Disney songs from "Bambi," "Dumbo," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" and other animated films will go on the auction block through a new online venture called the Royalty Exchange.


The unusual Internet auction allows anyone - film buffs, as well as investors and ind...

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