So if I write and release
a song that goes to number 1 in the charts and makes a small fortune using songsmith, who owns the rights? Me or microsoft?
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more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:34,
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you own the song.
the track itself is probably microsoft owned, with your writing credits. essentially you'd still get the royalties, unless microsoft objected. i doubt they would, though, as it'd be a massive PR disaster.
if you wrote a song using nothing but a drum machine as backing, it'd be more or less the same thing.
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the brass moustache putting the ass moust in brache since, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 18:10,
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The only bits of a song
that count towards copyright ownership are the words and melody, which you are providing in this case.
Sometimes a really distinctive musical hook might count, such as the guitar in 'Satisfaction' by the Rolling Stones, but I doubt that would happen here.
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Mystery_Bob, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 23:23,
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