Well, I just went and read Work-Artist relationship: Credit group vs band members as writer/composer/lyricist, which I’ve never noticed when it was being discussed. Not as clear cut as I thought. Seems many do actually agree with you. I really think there needs to be a guideline on this. Either we use rights societies or not. We use them for more than just who gets paid. We also use them for publishers, that aren’t listed on releases. Should we remove all those and all individual artist if not credited? Kind of late to even attempt this. I still think that we should never credit a group as a whole if a source lists individual members. I can’t tell you how many say a whole band wrote something and you go to a right society and only 1 member is listed. I wouldn’t want the band credited on such a work.
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