Between who pays for a song and the songwriter, who owns the song?

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Music business can be very intriguing. I have seen situations where a song is being dragged between the person who paid for the recording of a song and the person who wrote the song?

In this kind of scenario, who is the real owner of the song?

 

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the songwriters own the copyright to a song, which gives them the exclusive right to control the use and distribution of the work.

 

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I think the songwriter owns the copyright of the song. S(he) gets royalties from anyone using the song S(he) wrote. In some cases, the publisher also get a share of the royalties.

 

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The person who pays for the song buy
the song totally from the person who writes it. So, he automatically becomes the owner of the song.

 

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Niyi Briggs said:

Music business can be very intriguing. I have seen situations where a song is being dragged between the person who paid for the recording of a song and the person who wrote the song?

In this kind of scenario, who is the real owner of the song?

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The person who pays for the song is the owner of the song simply because he has paid for it but the songwriter will also have some credit

 

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It does not matter who pays for it, the song writer is and will always remain the original owner. Even if the matter is taken to the court, the song writer owns it.

 

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The ownership of any intellectual property belongs to the writer or artist who wrote it. But a owner of intellectual property can sell it to an artist. In law of intellectual property, there is a provision of transference of ownership.