The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #156077   Message #3677725
Posted By: GUEST,Howard Jones
17-Nov-14 - 04:56 AM
Thread Name: The Myth of Ownership
Subject: RE: The Myth of Ownership
As an observation, the systems for handling copyright are based on music-industry practices, with the assumption that copyright will belong to a "publisher". It assumes that the composer will have contracted with a publisher. Similarly with recordings, the system assumes this belongs to the producer, and the musicians are mere employees. This doesn't reflect reality in the independent music sector as a whole, let alone in the world of traditional music.