While Snapper Music looks after the rights in the recording, Universal Music Publishing Group and BMG are said to manage the publishing rights in the song in the US. Although from a perspective of an artist, it is generally recommended to prefer licence deals over an assignment of rights, record companies will often prefer an assignment of rights as these become valuable assets. So this is different from a licence where a permission is given to do certain things for a certain time without transferring the copyright to the licensee. Anthony Devlin/PA Archive/PA Imagesīy assigning his rights, Glitter has transferred outright his ownership of rights to Snapper Music. In the case of Rock and Roll Part II, the master recording is said to be owned by Snapper Music, a London-based record label which reportedly bought the rights in 1997 from Glitter.Ĭonvicted paedophile Gary Glitter at Southwark Crown Court where he was convicted in 2015 of historic sex abuse charges dating back to 1970s. So it is not uncommon to have different owners of the creative works embodied in a song from the owners of the recording itself. Yet, for sound recordings, copyright lasts for 70 years from the date on which the recording was released. For lyrics and music composition, copyright lasts for 70 years after the death of the author. Generally, writers and publishers own or administer the copyright in the song while a producer (who could be the artist, manager, producer or recording studio) owns or administers the copyright in the sound recording. For example, there is the music composition, the lyrics and the recording of the track, which can all attract separate copyrights.
When it comes to a song, there is a layering of rights as several works are involved. Copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights automatically granted at the point of creation provided that certain requirements are satisfied, such as that the work must exist in a material form (for example, a recording or a music sheet).
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