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The master is the first recording of the music, from which copies are made for sales and distribution. The owner of the master, therefore, owns the copyright to all formats of the recording, such as digital versions for download or streaming, or physical versions such as CDs and vinyl LPs. [2]
Over the past year, several musicians have made noise by either selling off or intentionally devaluing their master recordings. Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and Neil Young are some ...
Universal Music Group N.V. [3] (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum , Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California .
In June 2020, Lil Wayne, through the Young Money name, sold his master recordings in a settlement from Republic Records to its overhead company, Universal Music Group for $100 million. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] It was confirmed later in December that the settlement not only included his masters, but also the entire Young Money Entertainment catalog ...
ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. (Allen & Betty Klein Company) is an American independent record label, music publisher, and film and video production company.It owns and/or administers the rights to music by Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, Herman's Hermits, Marianne Faithfull, Dishwalla, the Kinks as well as the Cameo Parkway label, which includes recordings by such artists as Chubby ...
Universal also owns Deutsche Grammophon, which remains a separate label within the group and also manages the American Decca classical music catalogue. [103] [104] In 2011 Universal donated 200,000 of its American Decca master recordings from the 1920s to the 1940s to the United States Library of Congress. [105]
Master recordings are the original recordings of audio performances. The term covers recording as well as post-recording mixes and production edits : masters are the copyrighted recordings that are used for analog and digital duplication. [ 1 ]
During the spring and summer of 2020, as protests across the country illuminated the systematic injustices Black Americans have faced and continue to face, the music industry was one of many that ...