Salt and Pepa Pushes UMG Real Good!
Prof Snyder's Music Biz News por AI Music and Music Industry Educator, Jeff Snyder
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"It's about legacy, justice and the future of artist ownership."
Salt and Pepa are suing Universal Music Group for the rights to the recordings of their hit songs.
UMG is Pushing Back by taking down their music from streams.
Copyright law does allow artists to reclaim ownership of their recordings after 35 years, but UMG says they were employees and so the songs are work-for-hire and they don't want to give them up.
A good look into the battle for ownership of artist's recordings, especially as music catalogs are selling for millions of dollars.
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