Comments on: Argh

By: Jason Scott

Jason Scott — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:58:58 +0000

I have no issue with the record company having the copyright. The band signed this away in return for getting their album sold and distributed.

But I do think the record company showed how likely they were to be a success. The band has since broken up.

By: Rob "Flack" O'Hara

Rob "Flack" O'Hara — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:27:47 +0000

I enjoyed your BBS Documentary very, very much. I am sort of excited about Get Lamp and I am really excited about Arcade. I am so excited about these that I would do pretty much anything within my power to assist you in any way possible in finishing these films.

My point here is, isn’t there anyone else out there who feels the same way that I do AND is good at music AND would hook up an amateur (or at least self-funded) filmmaker? Are the days of donating something (like a song) to a project over?

By: Jason Scott

Jason Scott — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:00:00 +0000

Oh, I totally agree. He did too, which is why he didn’t just give it to me, but asked his record company to please approve it. And then he found out the hard way how they did business.

I agree about contracts, which is why I have turned down/walked away from a ton of offers related to my films, and why I won’t do certain things to get them to a wider audience at the cost of ownership. I never want my films to be something I end up hating seeing up there, because they’re not mine anymore.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:45:46 +0000

Soo it sounds like the problem is that “his song” wasnt really “his song”, but the record company’s song! People need to wake up and actually understand what the fuck they are agreeing to when they enter into contracts.

By: cassiel

cassiel — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:13:49 +0000

Always act the way that the number of your options increases – Heinz v. Foerster