Lets hope Spain will have guts to send corrupted US congress dogs to fuck themselves.

“Great logic! So do you think an artist would become an artist if none of the sales went to them?”

Most artists are surprised at just how short their end of the stick is once they sign into a contract. It’s not uncommon for many artists to feel that they were taken advantage of, the problem that exists here is that they don’t have much negotiation power when it comes to their offered contracts. Even top lawyers admit that these recording contracts offered by these major labels are hardly negotiable, so many artists simply feel they don’t have a choice.

I’m not saying that sales don’t go to the artist, and I’m sure they do appreciate the royalties they DO receive, but they may also feel like they were strong-armed a bit by their label. It gets even worse with royalty deductions such as free goods, container fees, etc where the label is free to pocket profit that should have otherwise gone to the artist on some technicality. Since the record companies work the financial books they are able to work them any way they want, essentially cheating the artist out of due royalties. Because these companies are careful, there are no monetary penalties owed to the artist under contract should it be discovered through an audit (that the artist is forced to pay for, by the way) that the artist was cheated out of royalties. What is the labels incentive then NOT to rip off an artist?

Neostyles and Reasoned Mind: if you work for the RIAA or for any of these major recording companies than you must be aware that these companies, generally speaking, do not treat their artists fairly. If it were up to them, these artists would be indentured servants for life. The best thing that protects these artists from these one-sided contracts is the California seven-year rule which the RIAA fought extensively to get artists excluded from this law. These recording companies are afraid that if the artists are only bound by seven years (which is still quite a stretch, given that most contracts are one year with four options) that they will not receive their full worth. Basically what they are implying is that, on the off chance an artist should become very successful, the company wants to own these artists for life. I still fail to see how you believe the record companies have the artists best interest in mind.

The ball is back in your court. I expect you’ll send it back…

Viva la pirateria!

“I used to doooooooownload songs,
and record labels cursed at me,
now nobody remeeeeeeembers them,
now the old king is dead, music is freee!” BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA