I am really excited to take a look at intellectual property in other aspects of art, such as music. A lot of current music is not written by the people who are singing it; it is usually written by separate producers. Does this mean that these songs are the intellectual property of the producers/songwriters but the legal property of the recording studio/singer? I have no idea.
That’s a good point and I never really thought about it. Another thing you might want to look into is who has the rights to recorded symphonies and orchestras. They are playing music by other composers so do they get all the credit for their musical interpretation of that piece or does the composer see some of the profit from music sales.
This would be a very interesting topic to look into. It would be beneficial to do some historical research and see if this issue has created any controversies over song ownership in the past. If such instances do exist, they would be able to provide the basis for further research into this issue. It would also help to see what other people have said about this concept. It has likely been the subject of debate in recent times, due to current state of affairs with music.