Copyright Owner
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /cop-ee-rights-oh-ner/
Also spelled or known as: Rights Holder, Rights-Owner, Rightsholder
Plural: Copyright Owners
Related: Copyright Owner
What does Copyright Owner mean? A person or company that legally owns or controls the rights to a work.
A Copyright Owner is a person, company, label, publisher, or organization that legally owns or controls the rights to a creative work such as a song, sound recording, album, beat, composition, film, or artwork.
In music, Copyright Owners commonly include recording artists, record labels, publishers, producers, songwriters, and distributors. A single song can have multiple rightsholders depending on ownership splits and agreements.
For example, the songwriter may own the publishing rights while a label owns the master recording rights.
Copyright Owner synonyms: Rightsholder, Rights Owner, IP Owner
Example sentence: “I got permission from the copyright owner.”
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