Unless other arrangements were made, the creator would be the copyright holder.
The owner of a copyright in music has the exclusive right to perform the work
The owner of the copyright. The owner can decide to hire a lawyer and pursue the case.
Copyright gives the creator of a work control over its use. A license is a way the copyright owner can allow others to use the work.
They're not the same. Copyright is the ability of the owner of the rights in a work to prohibit certain uses of a work. Fair use is the ability of someone to legally use a copyrighted work for certain limited purposes without permission of the copyright owner.
From the US Copyright Office FAQ...."As a general matter, copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner."
To properly give credit to a copyright owner, you should acknowledge their ownership of the work by including their name, the title of the work, and the source where it was obtained. This can be done through citations, attributions, or permissions depending on the context in which the work is being used.
In the US, they receive a certificate of registration.
In the case of a work-made-for-hire, the copyright would be controlled by the entity that caused the work to be created, rather than the creator. A photographer under contract to a magazine, for example, would not have copyright for those photos.
Anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and, if willful infringement is proven by the copyright owner, that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each work infringed. In addition, an infringer of a work may also be liable for the attorney's fees incurred by the copyright owner to enforce his or her rights
In the United States, anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and, if willful infringement is proven by the copyright owner, that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each work infringed. In addition, an infringer of a work may also be liable for the attorney's fees incurred by the copyright owner to enforce his or her rights
In the United States, anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and, if willful infringement is proven by the copyright owner, that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each work infringed. In addition, an infringer of a work may also be liable for the attorney's fees incurred by the copyright owner to enforce his or her rights
The five basic rights that copyright confers are... The right to reproduce the work The right to create derivatives The right to distribute copes to the public The right to perform the work publicly The right to display the work publicly note that these rights are not absolute, there are exceptions (most notably the "fair use" doctrine)