Can't any of you people just be happy for him? o_o
I agree. The "Anything Should Be Free Squad" has hijacked a thread once more.
Ugh, I was going to say the same thing... all this " FREE IS RIGHTEOUS! " !@#$% is pissing me off...
Makes us three. His cousin's music will be spread to the masses, he will earn cash, he will most likely get tons of new fans as well.
You sound more like you have a grudge towards people with success, I hate your "GO GO FREEDOM FIGHTER SQUAD ALPHA GAMMA ULTRA MAX!!" thing you've got going. :\ Granted, I don't know a whole lot about the music industry, but I'm quite certain you're blowing it up quite a bit.
I'm not sure exactly how you can come to that conclusion since I'm actually trying to give an advice here o_O If he doesn't want to listen to it he can ignore it, right? Seriously, I don't really expect him to listen to me, but like I said, IF I'm right in the end, then at least he will try to convince his friends in the future. And here me advice takes real effect, because friends trust friends and they will hopefully listen before the damage is done next time.
Also, I don't really see it as success. -_-;; I know you can think it could just be empty words, but I swear that if I got the question to sign to a record label that I do not trust, I would NOT accept. And I would definitely not trust a label that demands the copyright to
my work. The copyright laws are there to protect me, and not my publisher! I could give them rights to distribute it, but I would never give them all the rights.
How can you even bother comparing BRITNEY SPEARS to a real band? That's absurd, she certainly doesn't own her songs, she doesn't even write them D:
I used Britney Spears as an example for something totally different. Also, I didn't use her as a person as an example, I used one of her CDs (which has an owner, although, like you said; not her). It was used to explain for BlueMonkey that just because you made something it does not mean you have the rights for it. Or just because it says your name on it, it does not mean you made it or have the rights.
It's so simple that if you sell the rights (or even give them away in hope to get the money later for sales) you don't have them anymore, even if you made it. The one who now owns it (most likely the record company) has full control over it, just like if they made it.
In some countries, like in Sweden. It's not possible to transfer some rights. You can transfer rights to make money on it and so on, but you can't transfer the right to get credit for the work. So if you sign to a Swedish record label it's legally impossible to see your music distributed under some other name (at least in Sweden), even how much rights you try to give away. (you can however choose to ignore it, and it's not illegal for the distributor unless you choose to bring it up)
