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Understand the different ways to contribute to songwriting

Each role brings something original into the musical work. Legally, all songwriting roles can qualify as ’authors’, and each author may be entitled to a share of the copyright of the musical work unless agreed otherwise.

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Legally, all songwriting roles can qualify as , and each author may be entitled to a share of the copyright of the musical work unless agreed otherwise.

What determines whether you qualify as an author in the applicable , is whether your contribution is part of what makes the musical work , and what was agreed between the songwriters, thus the authors and .