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Originally Posted by Macreep
yo....a ghostwriter is someone who doesn't get credit...they stay in the dark.
The person you are talking about is someone called a co-writer...not ghost.
Ghostwriters are not known by anyone......hence..."ghost"
and this topic states talks about ghostwriters...not co-writer.
The topic says that Rapper B writes songs while gettin NO CREDIT.None.zero.Nada.......you mixing them up now.
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As quoted by Shannon Emanuel:
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Is ghostwriting legal?
Ghostwriting has been around a long time. Some of the most influential leaders have used others to write their speeches or even autobiographies. Ghostwriters do not hold any copyrights to the finished work. This is also known as a ‘work-for-hire’ arrangement.
Some individuals will list the ghostwriter in the credits or even indicate clearly that the written piece is “by So-and-So as told to So-and-So”. This gives credit to the talents of the writer while still giving prominence to the source or creator of the piece. However, this constitutes a very small number of instances and is not required for legal purposes unless agreed to in the contract
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Ghosts aren't always uncredited man. And in entertainment law, for a ghosts paycheck to be on the books for expenses (which means to be accounted for legally for 'cost of doing business' expenses like tolls, meetings, etc) they have to be listed on the track. I'm sure there's some legal back door to it liek a consultation fee or some shit like that but I'd have to read more into the law on it.