The Godfather of Almighty Entertainment

Chapter 71 Assignment of Copyright
"This is Luo Fang, our company's legal counsel, who is in charge of handling some legal matters." Li Xiaoxiao was actually wondering why this person came here. Today is a meeting at the recording studio, and he won't even enter the recording studio. Why did the legal counsel come here to join in the fun?She didn't seem to call the other party over.

Luo Fang is not very tall, thin, with short hair and slender eyes. He wears a gold-rimmed plain mirror, a black suit, and looks very refined.

"Hello." Xu Duan shook hands with the other party habitually.

"Hello." Luo Fang smiled, then took a step forward and said, "I came here today mainly to sign an agreement with you on the copyright transfer of the work."

In most music distribution agreements, the songwriter is required to transfer the copyright of the song to the publisher. This is called copyright transfer. In exchange, the publisher must pay the songwriter a certain amount of royalties on a regular basis. Xu Juan knows this However, according to the artist contract signed by Xu Duan, the copyright of all songs on the record will be automatically transferred to the company from the date of release; so Xu Duan is very confused about this copyright transfer agreement, since the company has confirmed that it will definitely take When the copyright of the work is reached, why come up with such a transfer agreement?

"Can I have a look at what kind of agreement it is?" Xu Duan only buried his doubts in his heart, he wanted to see what this so-called copyright transfer agreement was.

Luo Fang took out an agreement from a black handbag he brought with him and handed it to Xu Duan.

The above is nothing more than the various requirements and responsibilities of Party A and Party B. Xu Duan browsed through them roughly, focusing on the effective time of the agreement: it will take effect immediately from the date of signing the agreement.

"When did the company have such an agreement?" Xu Duan hadn't spoken yet. Li Xiaoxiao, who was next to Xu Duan to read the agreement, first expressed doubts. She had never seen such an agreement since she joined Phantom Records, because the record As long as it is released, the copyright of the singer's work will automatically belong to the company. Under such circumstances, signing a copyright transfer agreement seems a bit unnecessary, so Li Xiaoxiao is very puzzled.

Luo Fang smiled and said: "This is a new initiative of the company, which aims to solve various disputes over the copyright of music works at the root. You all know that copyright disputes over audio-visual products have always been troublesome, and the company would rather do more. Some useless measures do not want to get involved in those troublesome disputes."

"Copyright disputes? What kind of disputes? Can you be more specific?" Xu Duan asked hesitantly. He has learned about Corni Love's "Open|Open Letter to Recording Artists" about how record companies exploit artists. Quite understanding, although he didn't understand what was going on with the sudden extra copyright transfer, but he didn't want to be sold by the record company and help the other party count the money.

"It's not about what kind of disputes it specifically refers to. The company's new measures are just to prevent problems before they happen, so as not to be caught off guard in case of emergencies." Luo Fang said.

"I remember... the artist contract I signed requires that the copyright of the work is: from the release date of the record, the copyright of all the works on the record will automatically belong to the name of Phantom Records. The copyright of the work on the record is already owned by the company. Sign such a transfer agreement?" Xu Duan looked at the words effective immediately and asked.

Luo Fang smiled when he heard the words: "The company mainly wants to eliminate all copyright disputes at the root, such as the period from now until the release date of the record. During this period, the company cannot control the copyright of the work, which will cause some instability and insecurity. The company hopes that this kind of instability and insecurity will be completely eliminated.”

"I still don't understand, please explain in detail." Xu Duan said calmly. Now Xu Duan really feels that there is something wrong with this transfer agreement. Fang talked about all kinds of vague copyright disputes, and he didn't say what the disputes were. Xu Duan couldn't accept being fooled like a child like this.

"The company has never had such a precedent of copyright transfer before the release of the record. Mr. Luo, please explain in detail. I also want to know more about it." Li Xiaoxiao also spoke, and she was also very puzzled why the company would suddenly make such a copyright transfer Agreement, which in her view is completely unnecessary.

"It's like this. The company mainly wants to avoid unnecessary disputes and stifle copyright disputes in the cradle. After all, the senior management really values ​​Mr. Xu, and hopes that there will be no accidents in the promotion of Mr. Xu's records, such as promoting music charts. There is nothing wrong with it." Luo Fang's words made Xu Duan feel that there was something wrong with the transfer agreement, and he said a few words back and forth vaguely, but he didn't explain why.

"Music charts still need copyright transfer?" Liu Yilun, who had been listening for a long time, looked at Luo Fang in amazement. This was the first time he had heard of this.

"This is just an example, not to say that it must, but the company does not want to make mistakes in the promotion, it is only a protective measure." Luo Fang said.

Luo Fang's words were always vague, so Xu Duan insisted on getting to the bottom of it. If he didn't ask why, he would definitely not sign this agreement, so he thought about it and said: "Before the release of the record, the copyright of the work is in my hands. Afterwards, the copyright of the work belongs to the company, and I can’t think of any copyright disputes that will arise. Can Mr. Luo explain it in detail? I’m particularly interested in this.”

"That's right, what troubles will there be if the copyright of the work is in the hands of the original author? This agreement feels strange." Liu Yilun interjected again, not that he had never signed such an agreement, he was familiar with this kind of agreement, but the company has already It is very confusing to sign a copyright transfer agreement when it is confirmed that the copyright is about to be obtained.

Luo Fang pursed his lips and said: "It's not surprising, because this is a trial operation plan of the company. If you don't sign it, the company's senior management may have doubts about the copyright of the work, and then have confidence in Mr. Xu's record release. Therefore, for the smooth release of the record, I still hope that Mr. Xu can sign this agreement."

threaten me?Xu Juan was sure when he heard that this so-called copyright transfer agreement was 100% problematic. Luo Fang first fooled him with vague words, and when he found out that he had doubts about the copyright transfer agreement, he immediately turned into a threat. I couldn't believe it anymore, but Luo Fang really made a mistake, Xu Duan would eat everything except threats.

"What if I just don't sign?" Xu Duan asked back.

"Then maybe the company needs to re-evaluate the risk of Mr. Xu's record release. As for whether to release this record, we can only wait for the company to make a new decision." Luo Fang said with a smile.

"Then you guys re-evaluate." Xu Duan also smiled. If Luo Fang can explain the so-called copyright transfer agreement clearly, he may not sign the agreement. After all, he has signed the copyright transfer contract, and this agreement is not bad. Luo Fang is either fooling or threatening, Xu Duan will not accept this, even if he does not release the record, he will not be threatened by Ya.

"Luo Fang, do you know what you're talking about?" Li Xiaoxiao was also angry. The other party's legal adviser came here to talk nonsense when he came up with an agreement. It was his legal adviser who had the final say on whether the company would release the record. ?

Luo Fang didn't expect that Xu Duan would rather not release the record than sign this copyright transfer agreement, but he obviously hasn't given up yet, ignoring Li Xiaoxiao's question, but continued to smile at Xu Duan: "The company has also Promise, if Mr. Xu signs this agreement, he can extract a certain amount of extra profits for each song."

Fool, threat, inducement, what else is there?Still missing a beauty trick?Xu Duan didn't know what was so great about this copyright transfer agreement. It made Luo Fangfei so energetic that he insisted on signing it, but now he didn't want to sign it anymore. Even if Luo Fang gave him a golden mountain, he wouldn't sign it. !Because it's not pleasing to the eye.

"Share it? How much?" Xu Duan doesn't have a good impression of Luo Fang now, and he has never been very polite when he doesn't like to impress people.

"In addition to the [-]% in the contract, there is an extra [-]%." Luo Fang looked like he was sure of winning. He originally thought that Xu Duan was just a newcomer, and he just fooled around, but he didn't expect Xu Duan to be easy to fool. So I wanted to use the release of the record to pressure Xu Duan to make Xu Duan give in, but I didn't want Xu Duan to be soft and not hard, and he couldn't do it. In the end, I had to lure him with benefits. This was a very high price, after all, the first line of fame The top contract for a second-tier singer is only four or six dollars. Xu Duan is just a starlet who has just entered the third tier. What can he disagree with?

Liu Yilun pursed his lips and looked at Luo Fang. He was very surprised why this Luo Fang made such an agreement. In his opinion, this agreement was worthless. After all, the copyright should belong to the record company, that is, the record release What happened before and after, why did it cost so much for just a few days?This made Liu Yilun very puzzled.

Others didn't understand why Luo Fang insisted on asking Xu Duan to sign such an agreement. It was simply unnecessary for the company to spend such a high price on something that should belong to itself.

"An extra [-]% is really high." Xu Juan laughed when he heard this.

"Mr. Xu, please sign it." Luo Fang pushed the agreement and the pen in front of Xu Duan, not thinking that Xu Duan would resist in front of such a big interest.

"No." Xu Duan looked down and shrugged.

　The handsome and free-spirited boy, please collect it again, if you don’t have a collection, please collect it quickly, and if you have a collection, let’s send out tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)