Little did Mr. Moore know that he would soon receive a contract offer from the "Mormon" producers that included, Mr. Moore said, one-third of his usual royalty.
If the struggle seems more practical than aesthetic — Capote is confident enough of the outcome to tell Cerf he'll skip an advance in favor of a higher than usual royalty — the result must still be judged, on both counts, a success.
As was usual for royalty in mourning, his parents did not attend the funeral service, instead remaining in seclusion at Windsor.
She also refused all the usual perogatives of royalty "even buying her own newspapers and telephoning for her applintment with the hairdresser.
Though the snow may be unpredictable, the relatively uncrowded slopes, extraordinary natural beauty and sunshine are almost guaranteed, along with high prices and the usual sprinkling of royalty, titans, film stars and ski bums, on skis or not.
Royalties "slightly higher" than usual are being paid to authors and estates involved in the project, but no advances.
William and Kate, as the prince's popular parents are most commonly referred to here, did not pick the usual crop of senior or foreign royalty as godparents for their firstborn.
Most importantly, Spotify says that artists are paid as usual for their uploaded music – the royalty payments will simply be direct deposited to artists' bank accounts every month.
The disputatious group exchanged fire on the usual issues, like software encryption and digital royalties and, of course, the embattled file-sharing program Napster.
He reportedly sold his mining rights to Chinese steel company CITIC, pocketing an upfront payment fee of $200m and royalties at 10%, well above the usual fees.
