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		gigatexal on Jan 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Man Who’s Spending $1B to Own Every Pop Song all this means is that musicians need to find a way to own their masters. You will never see Chance The Rapper sell his masters for the very reason this guy is buying up rights.

setpatchaddress on Jan 11, 2020 [–]

The publishing rights are where the money is. Owning the masters doesn’t help much.

gigatexal on Jan 11, 2020 | [–]

oh, dang. I thought they were one in the same. Then this guy is going to make a ton of money.

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