Rights Owner
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /ryts-oh-ner/
Also spelled or known as: Rightsholder, Copyright Owner
Plural: Rights Owners
Related: Rightsholder
What does Rights Owner mean? A person or company that legally owns or controls the rights to a work.
A Rights Owner may control copyrights, master rights, publishing rights, trademark rights, or licensing rights.
In music, rights owners may include artists, labels, publishers, songwriters, producers, or companies.
Rights Owner synonyms: Rightsholder, Copyright Owner, Rights Holder
Example sentence: “The platform contacted the rights owner before using the song.”
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