a. The court said that a partnership is an association of two or more persons to carry

Question:

a. The court said that a is an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners of a business for profit. Didn't Love and Wilson write songs together for a profit?
b. What would it take for them to be partners?
c. What is the moral of this story?
Mike Love and Brian Wilson were members of The Beach Boys. In the 1960's, they wrote songs together. The copyrights for these songs were later sold to Rondor, which paid the two men royalties when the songs were played. In 2004, Wilson re-recorded some of these songs on a CD. This CD was distributed in the United Kingdom by the newspaper The Mail on Sunday.
Love sued Wilson, claiming the two men had a and Wilson violated the agreement by re-recording the songs without Love's permission. Wilson filed a motion for summary judgment.
Partnership
A legal form of business operation between two or more individuals who share management and profits. A Written agreement between two or more individuals who join as partners to form and carry on a for-profit business. Among other things, it states...