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What is the name of your state? Florida
1) I wrote a song with 2 other guys.
2) We copyright the song
3) The other two guys sign a recording contract with a record company( I’ll call “Red Records”)
Red Records now own the share the two guy had in the copyright.
4) I never sign with Red Records. I did not like the way they did business.
So I held on to my interest, sign up with BMI so I could get performance royalties.
BMI did pay me those.
5) Red Records sell 3 million copies of the song. I ask Red Records to pay me my royalties.
They never did and before I could file suite, they give me the impression they went out of business ( move, phone disconnect, no mailing address....) The owner did not go out of business, but sold the Red Records label and assets to a friend.
6) Years go by (9) and one day I find out the “Red Records label still active. The new owner(the friend) doing business with the song , sales and license under the “Red Records” label.
7) I go to Red Records and tell them they owe me royalties. For the 3 million copies the label sold and other license they did. The new owner of “Red Records” told me... We don’t owe you
royalties on the 3 million copies, the old owner owe you. As new owners of “Red Records” we owe
you a few thousand.... I said that BS....
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I’m going to sue....
1) What law or code do this fall under? THIS IS NOT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Red Records got to be co-owner of the copyright from the recording contract (the two guys I wrote the song with)
2) How libel is the new owners still using the “Red Records” label to sale and collect money off the song?
3) Can I sue in a state court?
The royalties if pay on the 3 million and other license is 100's of thousand to a million plus.
Thanks in advance for advice......
1) I wrote a song with 2 other guys.
2) We copyright the song
3) The other two guys sign a recording contract with a record company( I’ll call “Red Records”)
Red Records now own the share the two guy had in the copyright.
4) I never sign with Red Records. I did not like the way they did business.
So I held on to my interest, sign up with BMI so I could get performance royalties.
BMI did pay me those.
5) Red Records sell 3 million copies of the song. I ask Red Records to pay me my royalties.
They never did and before I could file suite, they give me the impression they went out of business ( move, phone disconnect, no mailing address....) The owner did not go out of business, but sold the Red Records label and assets to a friend.
6) Years go by (9) and one day I find out the “Red Records label still active. The new owner(the friend) doing business with the song , sales and license under the “Red Records” label.
7) I go to Red Records and tell them they owe me royalties. For the 3 million copies the label sold and other license they did. The new owner of “Red Records” told me... We don’t owe you
royalties on the 3 million copies, the old owner owe you. As new owners of “Red Records” we owe
you a few thousand.... I said that BS....
?????????????????????????????????
I’m going to sue....
1) What law or code do this fall under? THIS IS NOT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Red Records got to be co-owner of the copyright from the recording contract (the two guys I wrote the song with)
2) How libel is the new owners still using the “Red Records” label to sale and collect money off the song?
3) Can I sue in a state court?
The royalties if pay on the 3 million and other license is 100's of thousand to a million plus.
Thanks in advance for advice......