Thorp and Sailor's Grave Board

A question for those with labels or bands

Discipline - 4-18-2007 at 02:34 PM

When a label puts out a release, do they own the rights to that recording forever? Is it for a certain number of years, a certain number of units, etc?

Just curious.

JUICE MAYNE MSHC - 4-18-2007 at 02:47 PM

it depends on the contract but typically the label owns the recording

MyOwnWay - 4-18-2007 at 04:03 PM

In most cases, the label owns the recording if the songs were recorded during the contract timeframe. However the songs are still the bands. So they can re-record the songs under another label if need be.