https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-a-master-recording https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-a-master-recording A master recording is the finished recorded version of a track, and in US law the copyright in it is the copyright in a "sound recording": a separate work from the song it captures. Here is what the US Copyright Office says that copyright covers, who its author is, and what owning your masters actually means. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT We are the music makers format-referencecopyrightmasterssound-recording