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Re:Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyri... by retrac on Friday February 12, 2021 @01:44PM (#26116973)
The copyright holder could sue, which is rarely the artist. In this case it would be Sony.
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Re:Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyri... by tzs on Friday February 12, 2021 @04:37PM (#26118851)
Paul McCartney got the Beatles catalog back from Sony in mid-2017 [1].

[1] https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/paul-mccartney-beatles-rig...

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Re:Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyri... by bogomipz on Friday February 12, 2021 @06:22PM (#26119761)
This would actually fall under a "sync license" which requires approval by both the master rights holder as well as the composition owner which is the artist although it cold be the artist and their publishing company if they have sold shares to them. See "permissions needed" here:

https://musicbusinessmadeeasy.com/understanding-the-music-sy...

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