Originally Posted by: JeffS65
The artist does retain the right to use their songs as they wish after a much shorter period of time. This is why you will see 're-recorded' versions of songs from the original artist to do re-release 'Best of's'.

I never realized that regarding re-releases.

Well, it's no new thing as far what the Companies do for themselves and [u]can[/u] do for you. It's a choice that, these days, any artist not living on the moon must be aware of what they are setting themselves up for.

But the alternative could be years - or even a lifetime of struggle selling CD's from a trunk.