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If he was playing his own composition live, it's not the recording that the label owns. This is why revenue from live shows doesn't go to labels. This is also w

• Blikkentrekker 6y ago
  The label would not own the performance, no, but he would still not be allowed to give a performance of any material he does not own without the permission of the rightsholder. There are some “reasonable fair use” exceptions such as simply singing a certain tune, but the point is that the fact that he wrote the original composition is irrelevant; it only matters that he owns the copyright. If the copyright indeed were transferred to the label, then he enjoys no more rights to perform it than anyone else.
  • satyrnein 6y ago
    Yes, to clarify, I meant if he owns the composition. It's possible a publisher owns or co-owns it, even if he wrote it (but unlikely that a label would).
    • Blikkentrekker 6y ago
      Surely it would be expected of a band of Dragonforce's size that the label would own the rights and not the members?
      • satyrnein 6y ago
        Labels typically own the rights to the recordings, not the compositions. If the band wrote their own composition, they either retain the rights to them or they may have sold them (partially or in full) to another party, typically a publisher.