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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: GrinnialVex
Posted by: Jujubes
Doesn't MS own the rights to everything Halo now?I would assume so.
Music does have separate copywrights pertaining to composition and performance though, so it's possible that there's a split in the rights to the music some way. I do doubt that this would be the case here though as I would assume that Miscrosoft would just own it all anyway.Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing. I think you're probably right.
Although the details of any such arrangements are certainly not public, I think it's safe to say that anytime you hear Marty's music in a commercial or other advertisement/promotion, it's probably not being used on "loan." I think it's pretty standard for composers/writers to only retain the performance rights to works they created for a studio. In other words, Bungie (now Microsoft) would own the mechanical rights to the song but Marty could veto any live performance of his music that he wants. He would basically retain the control over the sound (original performance) of the music, but not how it's implemented; as illustrated by a commercial.
There's also the possibility that I'm just completely wrong. :)