>I'm not sure if any media creator would ever sign away their rights to that level, though. Why not? The copyright holder doesn't have to sign over exclusive r

>I'm not sure if any media creator would ever sign away their rights to that level, though. Why not? The copyright holder doesn't have to sign over exclusive rights, they just have to give the organization the rights to license the work and collect royalties. This is precisely how copyright collectives like the RIAA and SoundExchange work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_collective http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_collective