Warner controls the underlying song, but certain arrangements, performances, and recordings will have their own protection.
JJ cale
Gattis Music, BMI
Unchained Melody is a song that has been recorded by many artists. The most famous and best loved is the Righteous Brothers version. The current owner to the rights of the song is Paul McCartney.
Written by Avril Lavigne Produced by Butch Walker Mixed by Deryck Whibley
It is music that somebody owns the rights to. Not a whole song, but a certain tone or gingle for a specific company or product could be seen as proprietary.
There is no single rightsholder; it varies from song to song.
Malvina Reynolds
JJ cale
Rights are administered by Peermusic.
Typically to use song rights you must contact the studio, artist, or production company that owns the song. Once in contact you can purchase the song rights.
EMI April.
Gattis Music, BMI
Copyright covers written word only, but there are other rights over property such as recorded sound. The recording company owns the rights to the sound, and the recording company got the rights to the song lyrics from whichever songwriter copyrighted the lyrics themselves.
Unchained Melody is a song that has been recorded by many artists. The most famous and best loved is the Righteous Brothers version. The current owner to the rights of the song is Paul McCartney.
As of 1990, Warner Chappel purchased the company that owned the copyright to "Happy Birthday to You".
Written by Avril Lavigne Produced by Butch Walker Mixed by Deryck Whibley
The song itself is administered by La-Car Publishing; various recordings will carry their own additional rights.