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Planet Money Records Vol. 1: Earnest Jackson

All Songs Considered

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Ernest Didn't Know How to Register a Copyright for a Song

Ernest didn't know how to register a copyright for a song. Black artists were getting exploited by white record label executives in the 70s and 80s. Ernest says he would never play a song he wrote out in public that didn't have a copyright registration because someone could just like hear it and say it's theirs.

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