Getting a royalties cheque is a joyful occasion, but the system behind it is labyrinthine and boring. Until someone starts a crusade.
This is the story of an international battle about collecting royalties in which Australians and New Zealanders are the key figures in a campaign to get rights in Japan and South Korea, on the way to Vietnam, India and ultimately China. Some of the bureaucratic traditions at play would be a thousand years old.
