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Copyright, singer, company?
Hello, here's the thing The copyright of songs first belongs to the songwriter. Singers just don't enjoy the copyright of songs. On the contrary, he can only sing when the songwriter's performance right allows. However, singers, as performers, enjoy the right of authorship, the right of public communication of live performances, the right of recording and copying their performances and the right of information network communication. Secondly, if the singer is an original singer, that is, the song is created by himself (the lyrics are exclusive to one person), then the copyright of the song belongs to the singer, but he has obtained the copyright as a songwriter. In short, whoever created this song is the author of this song, and only the author enjoys the copyright of this song. But singers usually have to sign a contract with a brokerage company, which may buy out the copyright of songs, or the author may sell the copyright to a record company. Legally speaking, this is a transfer of copyright, and both the brokerage company and the record company will have the corresponding property rights of the songs acquired by derivatives. So it depends on whether the author has transferred or authorized his copyright to a brokerage company. If so, the corresponding copyright may belong to a brokerage company or a record company.