music-rights

Jukebox Power is a licensing and rights-management entity tied to catalog assets and performance royalties, commonly associated with legacy and contemporary music collections. F...

In 2025, Bruce Springsteen’s longstanding recorded catalog was sold to music rights company Sony Music Publishing, resolving years of complex rights management and ending high...

Who sold Taylor Swift music, and why does it matter? The short answer is that early in her career her publishing and master recordings were typically retained by her label, but...

In the music industry, owning a master recording means holding the copyright to the specific fixed audio of a song. This differs from songwriting copyright, which covers composi...

When artists own their masters, they control the recording, earn broader royalties, and keep flexibility for reuse and licensing. Ownership usually requires either self-funding...