Do record companies, or the artists own the actual copyrights to the music?

by Calsidyrose

Question by AL: Do record companies, or the artists own the actual copyrights to the music?
And if it is the companies that own the copyrights, then doesn’t that contradict the whole point of copyrights anyway? Like say someone covers a song on youtube and the company wants the person to take off the video, they didn’t create the song, the artist did so aren’t they being hypocrites?

Best answer:

Answer by cantcu
Record companies often own the rights to a song even though someone else is the owner. Sometimes it is the right for an artist to sing it. That version then becomes their property. They don’t necessarily own the copyrights, though they may own the right to use it.

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