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[mglosup at randomc.com]

 On 24 Apr 97 at 15:52, KENNETH HOUGHTON wrote:
 
 >      Keep in mind that copyright, contrary to the claim of another person 
 >      on this list, is =not= about authorship--it's about =ownership= (i.e., 
 >      the right to copy).
 >      
 >      Ask all the musicians who lost the right to their work because they 
 >      signed it away.

"Copyright protection subsists in original works of authorship fixed 
in any tangible medium of expression"--1976 Copyright Act

Authorship is ownership until the author transfers that ownership, 
such as your musicians. 


Thanks,

Michael Glosup