Arguments have raged back and forth along the lines of, "If someone else is making money off of my song, etc., I'm entitled to a share of that money." In California, a judge has decided that the act of remastering an original work is protected by copyright as a transformative work. In an era where everything must be owned, this is one more step towards perpetual IPR, despite the judge's protestations to the contrary.
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