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I had always wondered how iTunes and other digital music services go about verifying a musician's ownership of his or her songs when they're initially uploaded.
by domador 12y ago
I had always wondered how iTunes and other digital music services go about verifying a musician's ownership of his or her songs when they're initially uploaded. If this article represents a pattern, the answer would be "blind trust" and zero due diligence.
- TylerE 12y agoThe due diligence is when you sign the agreement that says you own what you upload. Thus if they get sued later they just refer to the uploader.
- alwaysdoit 12y agoIf two parties both send you a song and claim to own it, how would you determine who was the original creator? This is a nontrivial problem. From what I understand, they defer to the party with the higher revenue/sales numbers. There are ways this can be abused, and we've seen plenty, but it at least provides a larger target to be sued if they are actually behaving fraudulently.