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Re: [ARSCLIST] ^ Letter on British Copyright Term Extension
On 14/09/06, Bob Olhsson wrote:
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> First, the concept of
>> unlimited copyrights only begins to make sense if EVERY artist
>> (including past artists) owns the copyrights to his/her/its music
>
> EVERY artist DOES own the copyright to his/her music unless they
> decided that it was worth their while to sell the rights to somebody
> else.
>
> For the life of me I don't understand why people seem to think this
> isn't the case.
Typically the record company also owns a music publishing company and
finds some way to get hold of the copyright in the music.
Regards
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Don Cox
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