Rightsholder
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /rights-holder/
Also spelled or known as: Rights Holder, Rights-Owner, Copyright Owner
Plural: Rightsholders
Related: Copyright Owner
What does Rightsholder mean? A person or company that legally owns or controls the rights to a creative work.
A Rightsholder 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, rightsholders 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.
Rightsholder synonyms: Copyright Owner, Rights Owner, IP Owner
Example sentence: “The distributor requested confirmation from the rightsholder before releasing the track.”
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