If a person was in your group, but got kicked out can he get copyrights to a group song that he wasnt on?

If you mean, is a former band member a co-writer of a song that person didn't actually co-write and can he list himself (or his publisher, who is the party who actually owners song copyrights) as a copyright owner of that song, no, he can't, since the actual writers of the song would all agree that this person didn't co-write the song. This answer would be diffferent if for example, there was a band partnership contract that said that all band members in the band at the time of recording of an album share equally in the song copyrights, and if this song in question was on that album.

If you mean, is a former band member a co-owner of a song that person didn't perform on as a vocalist or musician and can he list himself (or his publisher) as a copyright owner of that song, no, he can't, since the musical performers don't own copyrights, instead they're entitled to artist royalties. Not all performers write songs, and not all songwriters perform, they're separate talents - but performers don't get copyrights just for being performers. This answer would be diffferent if for example, there was a band partnership contract that said that all band members in the band at the time of recording of an album share equally in the song copyrights, and if this song in question was on that album.

If you mean, is a former band member a co-owner of a master sound recording that person didn't perform on and can he list himself as the sound frecording's copyright owner, no, generally copyrights in master sound recordings are owned by the record label. This answer would be different in your band financed the sound recording yourselves so the band's members colllectively own the recording and this person was in the band when the song was recorded.

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