Copyright issues are the biggest problem facing Yueyin Online Media.

Although its music comes from Colombia, Universal and World Records, these three companies are Summer companies, but the copyrights of these music are actually not all owned by Summer.

In the United States, music copyrights are divided in this way.

After the lyricist creator creates a song, the copyright is agented by the copyright company to help the lyricist creator promote it. For example, recommend it to a big singer, recommend it to a TV series, use a movie, etc.

The lyricist and songwriter and copyright company share the copyright income equally and share the benefits brought by copyright together.

Whether it is releasing records or playing singing in radio, television, restaurants, shopping malls, concerts, ktvs, etc., users must pay royalties.

It is worth mentioning that in the United States, copyright companies and record companies are not the same concept.

The copyright company only manages the agency of music copyright, and the record company only manages the production and distribution of records.

Generally speaking, copyright companies make much better profits than record companies.

Because record companies still lose money when they release records, but copyright companies promote songs, the probability of losing money is very small.

Especially if you encounter a big-selling song, the copyright fee earned by the copyright company is not less than that of the record company that releases records.

Because of this, acquiring copyright companies, especially copyright companies that own popular songs, is one of the common investment forms in the music industry.

For example, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney were both preparing to acquire the Atv company that owns music copyrights such as the Beatles, Elvis, Bruce Springsteen, and the Rolling Stones. In the end, Michael Jackson made a higher price and won the Atv for $47.5 million.

This move also led to Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who had worked closely together, rebel against each other. Sir Paul complained many times that he had to pay someone else to sing his own songs at the concert, which was very ridiculous and asked Atv to return his music copyright. However, the lawsuit seems not easy to fight, and Sir Paul still has a long way to go to get the copyright back.

Two record companies like Columbia and Universal naturally have their own copyright companies, representing tens of millions of music copyrights.

These copyrights and old records in the library are the biggest pillars of the two record companies, Columbia and Universal, and contribute half of the profits each year.

Although these records belong to the record company, these copyrights are also represented by the two of them, and they can be disposed of at will.

For example, authorized to use bad movies, authorized to sing singers with extremely poor singing skills and extremely bad image, authorized to Internet music service providers...

The lyricist and songwriter and singers who sing these songs do not have much power to object. But then again, no one is against it. Moreover, once the record company commits public anger, it is not too fun.

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Many lyricists and songwriters are among artists, and they are all very personal.

For example, in the 1980s and 1990s, Prince (Prince Roger Nelson), who was as famous as Michael Jackson, had 14 top albums in his career, 40 top singles, and 32 albums sold more than platinum. He is one of the most successful singers in the history of the American music scene and has countless fans.

But he is a person with a personality. He set up a company to manage his copyright and does not allow any movies or TV series to use his music. Even if his music appears in the background sound of the video uploaded by youtube, he will file a lawsuit against him and ask the website to delete it. It can be said that he is a person who is extremely strict in copyright protection.

In the music industry, there are many songwriters who have such quirks.

They care very much about their works and their interests.

The mainstream American thinking also tends to protect personal private property and personal rights and interests, so although they are more difficult to deal with, no one will laugh at them in this regard.

Therefore, it is not easy to get these songwriters in summer.

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As for the copyright of the song, it is different from the copyright of the music.

Music copyright is the copyright of lyrics and music, while song copyright refers specifically to a certain studio version.

For example, you can often see that a certain song does not have a studio version, but there is a concert version. This is because the copyright of the song is in the hands of different companies. NetEase Cloud Music cannot obtain the studio version authorization, but can obtain the concert version authorization.

The copyright of the song belongs to the record company, so even if the singer leaves a record company, the record company can still launch various selected collections under the name of the singer.

For example, after Mei Yanfang switched to jobs, she once criticized Huaxing Records and released her own collection without saying hello.

Of course, it is better for record companies to produce selected collections and platters, such as the "Rolling Stone's 30th Anniversary Selected Collection Level" launched by Rolling Stone, which also pays royalties for songwriters and song singers.

But the lyricist and songwriter and songwriter have no such power to prevent record companies from publishing.

Of course, law is nothing but human nature.

If the singer or songwriter is really strong, then the record company is unwilling to offend it.

Taylor Swift, for example, protested Apple's launch of a three-month free trial service in its itunes, asking it to pay royalties.

Generally speaking, if Apple dares to do this, it must have signed an agreement with record companies and copyright companies. It is impossible to make a unilateral decision.

Although Taylor Swift is a songwriter and singer, her power has been transferred to record companies and copyright companies, so she is not qualified to speak.

But because she is so popular, she has tens of millions of fans. Her songs have a very high singing and sales volume, which can bring huge benefits to record companies, copyright companies and Apple.

On the contrary, if you offend her, it will bring great harm to all parties.

So, although her request was illegal, Apple still revised its business plan for her, and even within the three-month free trial period, Apple will pay royalties to the singers.

This matter is formally a matter of confusion.

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Now, what summer faces is such trouble.

After Yueyin Online Media was established, after he moved all the songs from Universal and Colombia online, songwriters and singers immediately jumped out to object.

He asked Xiatian to delete their works immediately and pay them huge compensation. If Xiatian does not agree, they will sue Fating and take back their copyright.
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