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As I understand it, Hipognosis owns the actual audio recordings. UMG owns the copyrights to the music and lyrics. So if you want to record a new version, you ta
by HWR_14 4y ago
As I understand it, Hipognosis owns the actual audio recordings. UMG owns the copyrights to the music and lyrics. So if you want to record a new version, you talk to UMG. If you want to play the one Beiber performed you talk to Hipgnosis.
You can see an extreme example with Taylor Swift not owning the original recordings, hence her re-recording her songs ten years later.
- jasrys 4y agoOther way around. UMG: Bieber's recordings. Hipgnosis: publishing copyrights (music and lyrics), neighbouring rights (public performances of Bieber's recordings, mostly outside the US), and Hipgnosis bought Bieber's downstream artist royalties for use of the recordings (UMG will still own them but pay Hipgnosis instead of Bieber for the royalties previously owed to Bieber under the terms of his record deal)
- HWR_14 4y agoThanks for the correction!