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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by dctoedt on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:41PM (#26653499)
> famous artists' managers negotiate with poor unknown songwriters to take a percentage of the songwriters royalty by pretending that the artist co-wrote or wholly wrote the song.

That might not be strictly necessary, because in the U.S., there's such a thing as a performer's copyright in the (recorded) performance itself, separate from the songwriter's copyright in the song. [0]

[0] https://www.ip-watch.org/2014/11/24/us-courts-recognise-new-...

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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by wombatmobile on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @06:58PM (#26654237)
That's a different issue occurring downstream from the contractual arrangement for the songwriting credits.
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