Paying the pipers

Published November 4, 2016 4:03am ET



The thing with music is there’s often more than one owner. Singers often work with songwriters — sometimes several. And ownership of the rights to a song can change hands — and be shared among several people, too.

Who gets paid when a song gets played?

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