"Heaven 17" Front man Martyn Ware reveals he rejected Rockstar Games’ $7500 offer to license the band’s “Temptation” song for GTA VI

[Mave]

Martyn Ware, the front man for English electropop band Heaven 17, revealed he rejected an offer from Rockstar Games to purchase the band’s song “Temptation” for $7500 without the possibility of royalties

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There seem to be only two opinions about this matter:

• Rockstar is cheap and should pay more
• The guy is an idiot for rejecting, the exposure is on another level

 

[Mave]

DarkViperAU's opinion about the matter

 

[Stybar]

Yeah, I read many comments (often from people claiming to work in the royalty/copyright scene) that the $7500 was a pretty fair deal. Not the best, but decent enough.

In my layman opinion: a bad decision by the dude to put this out there as outrage bait.

 

[Mave]

Yeah, I read many comments (often from people claiming to work in the royalty/copyright scene) that the $7500 was a pretty fair deal. Not the best, but decent enough.

In my layman opinion: a bad decision by the dude to put this out there as outrage bait.

Apparently it was triple that amount, since the song was written by three people. So the guy even lied about it.