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Miss Krystal… I have complemented you on being intelligent & well spoken, but if you think unionizing is a good idea I withdraw my prior complements and will emphatically say you are an idiot.
Technically, once Tunecore accepts the artist's money by signing on, they are deemed an "artist" right? They are misleading the general public to identify as artists and taking their money which seems deceptive to me.
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Thank you for the in-depth video. I am learning a ton. Please keep us posted on the awesome work you are doing. Glad there are people out there like you who look out for artists!!!
The more I think about it there should be a union for independent artists but the membership fees need to be reasonable.
Hi ? so which would be better, sync licensing or selling your own music on your own website as far as financially?
I’m writing this after reading the thumbnail and haven’t had a chance to watch, but I will… Just wanted to point out that musicians have unions. The CFM, the AFM. Even managers have a union. I’m a part of the CFM and I remember in their newsletter they were supporting the ACTRA and SAG-AFTRA strike. When I wrote them why we don’t strike two increase pay for artist and producers, as well, everybody involved in the music industry on the music side of things, they replied with a generic BOT email stating that my question will be “brought to a meeting.” I know a few friends that are part of the union and I’ve also asked nobody’s really heard anything so if you want to start front running this, go right ahead I’m right behind you. I wish I could memorize Black’s Law Dictionary, and Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, Maritime and Admiralty Law and all of the law dictionary’s needed, as well as the UCC, etc.. to always stand up to people abusing their position. OK, rant over and off to my meeting. Haha also sorry about the voice to text paragraphs. I don’t know how to make spaces when I talk to the text I just didn’t have time to write. Sorry.
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LOVED this video! Very interesting ideas! Thanks for posting for those of us that couldn't join live.
With regard to unionising. It might sound like a good idea, but I'm afraid that it wouldn't do anything to solve the problem at hand. As you rightly point out, unions act to (by making agreements) relate the relationships between employers and employees. You're correct that there is no such relationship between a signed artist and a record label. And there definitely isn't between an artist and a distributor. Quite the opposite, in fact. It could be argued that the artist employs the distributor to perform a service!
If you want a model on how to protect the artists' rights against distributors. Look at the consumer protection law. There are laws that regulate how businesses can act against consumers. Thit is how their relationship between the distributor and the artist works. There needs to be some organisation that can assist artists (not only US artists) to sue the law violators, without laying the financial burden on the poor artist. If you are robbed, or violated, the are police and prosecutors to assist you (or at least they should be). You are not required to sue the perpetrator out of your own pocket.
Another thing. Unions, or any other solution you and other US based YouTubers come up with, only protects US citizens. It you were the victim of a crime by someone from another country, wouldn't you expect the same protection as a citizen of that country.
I know that your beef is with TuneCore, at the moment. However, they not the only ones who openly a blatantly violates the law. They all do! But let me shine a light on Distro Kid. This is what DistroKid claims, in regard to the recording of coverings.
"DistoiKid will automatically deduct the leagally-mandated free of 9,14 cents per song sold in the U.S. from your earnings and send it to HFA, who sends it to the original songwriter. You'll get 100% of the rest (except for any other illegal frees and taxes we deduct). The text in parentheses is my addition.
They also charge a $1/monthly free to administrate this fictitious non-cxestistent licens.
1. There exists no such licence or free. How can a free that don't exist be legally mandated. That makes absolutely no sense. Maybe they got things mixed up with royally payments. However, they are handled by the seller, not the distributors, via the PROs. Take, for example, when a song is sold or streamed on Apple Music, Apple Music is paying the royalty free to the PRO. DistroKid (TuneCore, or any other distributor) has nothing to do with it.
2. The majority of sales generated by songs uploaded by DistroKid are generated OUTSIDE the U.S! And are thus not subject to any weird American laws that violates international copyright agreements.
Thank you for clarifying where, in copyright law, this is covered. It will be interesting to see what DidstroKid has to say about this. Perhaps they were to löaxy to scroll all the way down to (d).
If this is not fraud and copyright infringement, I don't know what is. This is why I've advocated that the music distribution industry desperately needs to be strongly regulated.
If suing the distributors is regarded as the nuclear option, we need to wage nuclear war on the same. Appealing to their sense of decency is futile, since they don't have none. You call it the music industry. You're right, it is a businesses. A businesses of the worst kind! The term "music racket" would be more applicable, in my mind.
If this can get class certification, wouldn't bringing this to the attention of the NYAG office also be an option?
So, any individual or company can register a claim with Tuncore? Smh So if someone wanted an artist out of the way or slow their motion per say. They could just file a claim towards that artis and buy fake streams for their songs and now the artist is f*** ? some bs
I appreciate your assistance, helping younger artist and producers coming up. I'm down for investing some funds. To help the artist community fight the oppressors. Who don't pay artist there fair share.
RE: Mechanical licensing – Glad to hear this, I'm tired of paying the Harry Fox Agency.
But, one question. I think you said something like "if you're a company that does large volumes of cover songs", you'd need the mechanical license if it's downloadable (from iTunes,, etc.) So, do you mean that only "companies that have large volumes of covers" have to pay the mechanical fees when they're downloadable? Or any individual musician distributing a single cover song would still need the mechanical license as well (if it's downloadable)?