By signing the Original Song Grant of Rights, am I (or the person who co-wrote the song with me) giving up the copyright to the Original Song?
No. You (and your co-writer if applicable) keep the copyright and retain your rights to exploit the song subject to the rights that are granted to Producer (i.e. broadcasting, publicly performing, distributing, advertising, and promoting the television program in any and all audio-visual devices, by any and all means, and in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, free of charge, throughout the universe, in perpetuity).
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