Peter Frampton "For 55 million streams of, ‘Baby I Love Your Way’, I got $1,700,"

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  1. snowman872

    snowman872 Forum Resident

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    Yes, but contracts are not gambling. The terms of the contract are set forth in black and white. If a party enters into a contract and is just hoping it will not be enforced against them or for the full benefit of the opposing party, that is just super foolish. That person really needs to hire a competent attorney pronto and never enter into business deals without their counsel.
     
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  2. ostrichfarm

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    The problem is, neither is really qualified to evaluate the fairness or legal ramifications of a given contract. You have to know how things are done before you can gauge whether you're getting a raw deal -- which is why you need an attorney or equivalent representative in your corner -- and there were a lot of crooked attorneys, artist representatives, and managers in the business BITD.

    That's one of the reasons Elliot Roberts was so well-regarded: his effective advocacy for his artists was seen as a rare exception.
     
  3. TonyCzar

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    You posted minutes ago that recording companies took a risk with every signing.
     
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  4. It’s never that easy.
     
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  5. But you know all those studios and meals and limos the record companies paid upfront for, came out of future royalties. So essentially most artists eventually paid those costs themselves - if the record was a hit.
     
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  6. snowman872

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    If you cannot determine the fairness or ramifications of a contract - which is probably nearly every contract a layperson signs - then you need to hire a competent lawyer. If your attorney, artist rep or manager is "crooked" then you can file an action against them and the law provided remedies. However, it is best not to get involved with "crooked" business partners in the first place.
     
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  7. snowman872

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    Nothing is easy in life.
     
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  8. lazydawg58

    lazydawg58 Know enough to know how much I don't know

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    You are an attorney in a forum full of people discussing an issue that aren't.
     
  9. lazydawg58

    lazydawg58 Know enough to know how much I don't know

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    In other words stay out of the music business. :tsk:
     
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  10. stetsonic

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    "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." Man, I miss Hunter S. Thompson.
     
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  11. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    Just so you know, he didn't write the second sentence.
     
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  12. uzn007

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  13. lazydawg58

    lazydawg58 Know enough to know how much I don't know

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    40+ years ago there was a band here in NC that was very successful locally. They had some opportunities to sign with major labels. They passed each time. They started their own label, produced their own 45s, 8-tracks, cassettes, and LPs, sold t-shirts etc. They got some bubbling under the top 40 country airplay, critical acclaim, national cable tv appearances. They told me once that the reason they didn't sign to a major label when they had an opportunity was that they would have to sell 50,000 major label records to make the same profit that they would make selling (I think it was) 5,000 of their self pressed records. Over the years several alumni of the band made it to Nashville, one cut a couple of solo major label albums and wrote some hit songs, another signed with RCA and put out a handful of singles, another had some success on an independent label for a while. None of them succeeded as much as the original band did by doing it all themselves. And they are still playing, with two original members!
     
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  14. stetsonic

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    I stand corrected and slightly disappointed. Still, it's a great quote. :)
     
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  15. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    Friends of mine were in the same position. They were being courted by labels, but they had done their homework by reading Cashbox magazine and discovered that they had sold at their merch table more copies of their home recorded album than the best of the labels had sold of their best-selling act.
     
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  16. tages

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    This!
     
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  17. snowman872

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    Hey I don't disagree, but the sad thing is, it's the same in every industry (filled with crooked snakes).
     
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  18. TonyCzar

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    Yes, I do.

    (And you left out coke and whores!!!)

    And racked up "debt" if it wasn't a hit.

    So, yeah. No one ever said record company accounting made sense, but this was the model in talking point if not practice. Bottom line is, record cos. almost always grabbed the copyrights, and the length of time of just what that means has only grown. It was "50 years" a long time ago. Like, 1978. The mad scramble of "copyright releases" of 50-year-old stuff from Dylan and the Beatles should be proof enough.

    That scramble will stop when they finally roll forward to origin dates after 1972. They can then relax and breathe for another 40 years. (Poor dears, they'll need a rest.)
     
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  19. TonyCzar

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    I've already had to contemplate Robert Fripp in a yellow "Century21" jacket talking up the local schools.

    Now this.

    TGIF.
     
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  20. eflatminor

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    I am not an attorney. Strike three.

    Aren't you a teacher? Geez, I hope you don't make this many erroneous assumptions with your students!
     
  21. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    That's the most important part!
     
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  22. per diem covered that part.
     
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  23. ostrichfarm

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    Folks also need to remember that organized crime -- and more generally, corruption -- has played a huge role in Hollywood and the music industry. Remember, Pink Floyd had to pay a bribe (or multiple bribes) before Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 was allowed to top the charts in L.A.!

    Duress can come in many forms, some more legal than others -- as Suge Knight and/or Vanilla Ice might be willing to attest.
     
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  24. nojmplease

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    Isn't that the way it has always been, in pretty much every creative profession ever?
     
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  25. lazydawg58

    lazydawg58 Know enough to know how much I don't know

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    It's a forum. We are just shooting the breeze. You need to lighten up a bit.
     
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