[pp.int.general] Protest certain musicians?

[Brian McNeil]

On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 14:07 +0100, Christian Hufgard wrote:
> > You have that *seriously* wrong. They signed a contract, generally one
> > where they commit to create a specific amount of content, and grant an
> > exclusive license on said content to the record company. They are not an
> > employee; employee's appear on the company's payroll.
> 
> "Signed a contract". Of course this is not exactly the same as beeing an
> employee. But as soon as the signed it, the compay has a massive influence
> on the way the work.
> 
> 
> > Do your homework. See how many artists have created albums, the record
> > company decides they will not release it, and forces them to create
> > another album because the musician wasn't checking the fine-print
> > closely enough.
> 
> Did I mention the opposite?
> 
> 
> > Nobody is forcing them to do specific work - except for artists who
> > simply perform others' compositions - if part of a band - they will be
> > far more able to criticise the song or album they're working on.
> >
> > Some smaller record labels can give a less restrictive contract, but the
> > flip-side is they can afford less funding for studio time and associated
> > staff.
> 
> I would never tell something else.

I'm not going to go back through to nitpick this, you said they were
effectively employees. Not so. Employees don't get paid up front.

-- 
Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org>
Wikinewsie.org
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