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# Legal Issues With Songwriter Collaborations
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/legal-issues-with-songwriter-collaborations/
- Published: 2016-02-08T09:25:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-08T09:25:00.000Z
- Description: Co-writing songs with friends and fellow artists can be a fun and productive experience, but also brings with it a host of legal complications. Here we examine how both the revenue and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/02/legal-issues-with-songwriter-collaborations.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Think Tank, Songwriting & Music Publishing, music, songwrting, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

**[![1 (1)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d19cb398970c-150wi "1 (1)")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d19cb398970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Co-writing songs** with friends and fellow artists can be a fun and productive experience, but also brings with it a **host of legal complications**. Here we examine how both the **revenue** and **copyright** of a **collaboratively written song** can be **fairly divided** in such a way that your songwriting partner remains your friend.

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In an effort to make the world of copyright a little less confusing, **Wallace Collins** provided [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) with a rundown on how to ensure that your songwriting collaborations leave all parties involved happy and content, once all is said and signe

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"Co-writers can divide copyright ownership in whatever proportion they determine, and that ownership concerns both rights (ownership and control) and revenues (income generated). In the absence of a written agreement, under current case law concerning both copyright and partnership law two or more collaborators are generally deemed to share equally on a pro rata basis."[\[Continue Reading\]](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/legal-issues-with-songwriter-collaborations.html?ref=hypebot.com)

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