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Abstract
Money, along with creative drive and the chance to work in an exciting industry, push the publisher and songwriter both. This article seeks to help the songwriter under-stand the role of the music publisher, an indispensable and unavoidable part of the country music industry. It examines the songwriter-publisher relationship from the perspective of those people active in the industry and examines criticism of the publisher's role. It further analyzes the typically thorny legal and contractual issues faced by the songwriter in negotiating an exclusive songwriting agreement with the publisher. Finally, recognizing the special role of songwriters in Nashville, it addresses the songwriter-publisher relationship as it uniquely exists in Nashville, home of country music.
Recommended Citation
Cornelius Cowles,
Music, Money, and the Middleman: the Relationship between the Songwriter and the Publisher,
1 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law
101
(1999)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/jetlaw/vol1/iss1/8