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[QUOTE="Black Panther, post: 3341, member: 3"]
When a songwriter and music publisher sign a deal they decide how long that contract will last. And that the publishing deal will specify the duration a music publisher will administer songs on behalf of the songwriter. Smart musicians who have a broad understanding of music publishing will not allow a music publisher to be a copyright holder forever. Because in such a scenario the music publisher will earn money from that intellectual property until well... forever (ad infinitum).

For example, a songwriter may enter a deal with a music publisher for a number of years. And when the time comes to pass, either the songwriter will renew that publishing deal or get their music publishing copyrights back. Another way a songwriter may address an issue of a music publishing contract is to reassign their publishing rights to another music publisher. So a new music publisher will administer those publishing rights and take over from a previous music publisher.

The main reason songwriters will try to retrieve their publishing rights is that the royalty payments may not be adding up. Sometimes a songwriter may suspect a music publisher of fraud and hence sue them for messing up the music publishing contract agreement.
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