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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by blfr on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:30AM (#26647771)
OP is primarily about money, not credit.

The songwriting is extremely valuable, otherwise just write your own damn songs.

If it's so valuable, how can these companies find "hit" writers for £100 a piece? While it is entirely possible for something of immense artistic or technical value to not be priced commensurately on the market, I've heard these songs, this is not the case here.

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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by exactlysolved on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @12:15PM (#26649118)
Because the hit writers who are working for $100 a piece, are expecting that if their song gets picked up, they will share in its success through their publishing royalties.
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