Under U.S. copyright law, if there are two composers and three lyricists for a song, they must share the royalties according to which formula?

a. Each must share equally.
b. The composer or composers collectively get 50% and the lyricist or lyricists collectively get 50%.
c. The composer or composers collectively get 50% and the lead lyricist gets 50%.
d. The first artist to record the song assigns the royalty split.
e. There is no specific allocation dictated by law.

e. There is no specific allocation dictated by law.