On Sunday afternoon, Anita Baker took to Twitter asking fans not to buy or stream her music as she prepares to fight for her masters.
The singer pointed out that she has outlived all of her artist contracts and, by law, her 30-year-old masters should be returned to her. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case, with Baker going on to say that the labels are “gonna make me Fight 4 it.”
As Yahoo! News noted, Baker is referencing copyright reversion which, according to the Future of Music Coalition, allows the author of the composition copyright and the sounnd recording copyright to “reclaim the copyrights to their original creations after a period of 35 years.” The website for the Coalition also breaks down how arduous of a process getting one’s masters back can be, showing how Baker’s fight won’t probably end immediately.
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