[sauropod]

I have not read their contract, but I participate in another forum which is maintained by an artist whom I am a fan of.

Much of his catalog has been ripped off by unethical music companies and people downloading his older music he doesn’t have any “control” over. He doesn’t receive a penny for it.

I stand by my statement. An artist has intellectual property rights over what he creates. Are you questioning that?

[SirFishalot]

An artist has intellectual property rights over what he creates. Are you questioning that? Not when they assign those rights to a licensing agency such as ASCAP or BMI, in this case they have assigned the performance rights to ASCAP, thus anyone who has a paid ASCAP license can legally play the song to a crowd.