Re: Who's Missing & Two's Missing

["L. Bird" <pkeets@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

And they'll end up owning your songs without paying for them.  I was amazed 
at the bill rider that made a signed artist's songs "work for hire" for the 
record company.  In other words, if the artist is signed, he/she has no 
rights at all to their own songs.  The initial copyright is owned by the 
record company and not the artist.

I haven't heard more about this in a while.  Does anybody know the extent of 
it, or whether it was eventually blocked, or what?


keets




> A local band from around here called DINK (Kent, Ohio) got signed
> to Columbia Records about 5 years ago.  They made an album & got
> to open up for KMFDM (I think) on a European tour.
>
> Since then, the band has broken up & all the members are in debt with
> Columbia because the sales of their album didn't meet forecasted levels in 
> the contract.  Ouch!
>
> So, those big companies may give you a record deal, but if your shit
> doesn't sell they're still gonna get some money out of you.  Nice, huh?