Federation "Its Whateva" June 26
- Thread starter PJay707
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LOL...Man...you people kill me who think that it was anybody's fault but theirs. Some of you will believe anything that some people say. Before you even decide to release a song or put it on anything that is gonna make money, it's on YOU to clear it. They could have easily cleared it if they would have gone through the leaglities before it hit the radio and clubs. But when you release it and it hasn't been cleared, the original composer/writer/producer of the song has all of the power. They can say that they want 100% of the proceeds of the song, and if you don't agree to it, they can sue you if you decide to release it at all....and it wouldn't have been as much as a lot of you think if they would have purchased a synch license for the song before hand. With the kind of numbers of cd's that would have been produced, it would have been around $5,000 give or take a little. Shit, Game was able to clear "Real Muthaphukin G's" by Eazy-E and "Hard Times" by Curtis Mayfield for the song "Compton" on The Doctor's Advocate for $2,000...and this was with WORLDWIDE distribution. And they pressed up about 3 million more for Game than they will for The Federation....
...and these numbers are not made up, I have dealt with all of this paperwork.
...and these numbers are not made up, I have dealt with all of this paperwork.
Dude this was a very different case where Corey Hart was NEVER gonna clear the song. Rick Rock talked to the dude over and over again and he just kept sayin it was his baby, blah, blah and that Puff Daddy had been trying to clear the song for years etc. Warner Brothers offered him ALOT more than $5,000, ALOT of times. Corey Hart is papered up and he just doesn't want a rap song made out of his only hit, for whatever reason.
So while Game was able to clear some samples for Doctor's Advocate...that has nothing to do with The Federation.
So while Game was able to clear some samples for Doctor's Advocate...that has nothing to do with The Federation.
I know that 90% of them don't. I've seen over 500 publishing contracts of the biggest names in music that have their publishing set up through Warner and almost all of them give Warner the right to clear their music. They sign with the publishing companies so all they have to worry about is getting a check.
If someone came to you, with a song that was already done and on the radio and it had a sample of your music in it, would you feel compelled to let them get paid for it after not asking you to use it in the first place? With the egos of a lot of artists, they would probably have the sense to say, "I want 100% of the song or you can't use it."
If someone came to you, with a song that was already done and on the radio and it had a sample of your music in it, would you feel compelled to let them get paid for it after not asking you to use it in the first place? With the egos of a lot of artists, they would probably have the sense to say, "I want 100% of the song or you can't use it."
