Sam Adams in most cases you are probably right about that, though it's dependent on the how the deal was negotiated in the first place I suppose. Performance rights (radio, TV, etc) though are based on copyright which is usually immutable, so performers get screwed on those if they didn't write the song too.

Sam Adams in most cases you are probably right about that, though it's dependent on the how the deal was negotiated in the first place I suppose. Performance rights (radio, TV, etc) though are based on copyright which is usually immutable, so performers get screwed on those if they didn't write the song too.

Exactly. Someone screwed over Andy Summers but it wasn't Puff Daddy. It was Sting.

Exactly. Someone screwed over Andy Summers but it wasn't Puff Daddy. It was Sting.