> famous artists' managers negotiate with poor unknown songwriters to take a percentage of the songwriters royalty by pretending that the artist co-wrote or who

> famous artists' managers negotiate with poor unknown songwriters to take a percentage of the songwriters royalty by pretending that the artist co-wrote or wholly wrote the song. That might not be strictly necessary, because in the U.S., there's such a thing as a performer's copyright in the (recorded) performance itself, separate from the songwriter's copyright in the song. [0] [0] https://www.ip-watch.org/2014/11/24/us-courts-recognise-new-performers-rights/ https://www.ip-watch.org/2014/11/24/us-courts-recognise-new-...