| Introduction: But I Don't Want a Record Deal, So I Don't Need This Book |
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| The Key to it All: How to Best Use This Book |
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| Contract Basics: Basic Rip-Offs and the First Things You Need to Know About Them |
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From Deal Memo to "The Thick" |
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12 | (1) |
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The Loophole and the Double-Dip |
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Chapter 1 Advances, or "How much will they give me up front?" |
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How a Lollypop Bleeds a Pineapple Dry with a Gentle Suck |
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19 | (1) |
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The Signing Bouns and the Advance for Your First Seven Records |
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21 | (5) |
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Tardy Smarty: is it in Yet? |
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Special Considerations for Producers and Band Leaders |
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Deficiency Payments: TLC Gets Anything But |
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360 Advances and "Recording Costs" |
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Chapter 2 Royalties and/or Revenue Share, or "How much do they claim they will pay me later?" or "How phat can I get if I only suck wind?" |
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The Definition of "Records Sold" and "Records Shipped" |
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Will Trade "Free" Records for Food |
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"Shipped and Sold" or "Slipped and Doled"? |
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46 | (2) |
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The Meat Grinder: Different Configurations for Royalties/Revenue Share |
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48 | (11) |
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2 The Container Charge, aka the Packaging Deduction |
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53 | (1) |
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The Wacky Tacky New Techie Wholesale Royalty Runaround |
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Review of Configurations in Plain English |
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Configuration Tables (The Meat Grinder) |
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62 | (1) |
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The Sliding Scale Royalty |
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Exceptions to the Sliding Scale Royalty |
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Foreign and Thrid World Countries Exceptions |
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Recordings on Another Label's Releases |
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Record Clubs and Internet Sales |
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Budget Records, CDs, Cutouts, Public Domain, and Scrap |
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The New Configurations Scam |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (4) |
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The Currency Exchange Scam |
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The Foreign Licensing Scam |
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Paying Out Your "Royalties" |
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92 | (6) |
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92 | (3) |
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Till Death Do Us Recoup---and Then Some |
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96 | (2) |
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Is It Really Possible to "Sell" Records? |
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How Normal Brick-and-Mortar Retail Sales Allegedly Work |
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Rack Jobbers and Used Record Stores |
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How Normal Brick-and-Mortar Retail Sales Really work |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Master Quality and Delivery, or "How much I gotta spend to make them happy?" |
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107 | (30) |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (1) |
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What you Have to Pay for---Exactly |
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What's an "Offset Right"? |
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Control of Material and Sessions |
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118 | (2) |
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What the Hell Does "Delivered" Really Mean? |
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Administration and Union Junk |
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The "Delivery" Date from Hell |
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Chapter 4 Controlled Compositions and Mechanical Licenses, or "How much are they (not) paying me for my songs?" |
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Why Do We Need the Government to Help Us Sell a Song? |
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140 | (2) |
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Defining the "Controlled Composition" and the "Statutory Rate" |
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When and How Your Get Paid for Your Songs |
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Adjusting and Fixing the "Statutory Rate" (the "Three-Quarter Rate") |
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The "Statutory Rate" Increases Agreed to by the Big Five for the years 2000-2010 |
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More Deductions to the "Statutory Rate" |
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150 | (2) |
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Killing the Three-Quarter Rate: The Co-Publishing Scam |
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The Controlled Composition Clause |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (5) |
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Sampling Rights, or "Y'mean, I gotta pay for that, yo?" |
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163 | (4) |
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How to Boil a Frog in Your Record and Not Get Charged for It |
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Chapter 5 Promotion, or "You mean, I got to pay for my own video and tour?" |
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This Matter of "Agreement," "Approval," "Consent," "Mutually Determined," and Being "Reasonable" |
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Album Cover and Poster Art |
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173 | (4) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (3) |
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182 | (7) |
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Your Performance in the Video |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Merchandising and Rights in Recording, or "How much of me do they own?" |
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196 | (1) |
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Work for Hire, or "The Old Plantation" |
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197 | (7) |
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198 | (2) |
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The Guaranteed Release Scam |
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201 | (3) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (8) |
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207 | (4) |
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The Intenet and Fan Club 360 Provisions |
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213 | (5) |
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Madonna Declared More Popular than Jesus While Sting Gets Stung in Cyberspace |
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Chapter 7 Release and Distribution, or "How do I Know if and when they will release the CD?" |
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219 | (16) |
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219 | (2) |
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Who Says We Have to Release Your Record? |
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Cure Requires a Leap of Faith |
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And Who Says We'll Let Anyone Else Release Your Record? |
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So You Want to Change Labels? |
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227 | (5) |
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232 | (2) |
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Chapter 8 Auditing, or "How can I catch the label in a lie?" |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (4) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (4) |
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Deducting Your Advance from Your "Royalties" |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (6) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (3) |
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250 | (1) |
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Auditing Your Record Company |
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254 | (6) |
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Suing the Label: When You Can and When You Can't |
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254 | (2) |
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The Person You Hire to Catch Them |
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256 | (4) |
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Chapter 9 Indemnification and Warranties, or "What happens if I get in trouble with the law?" |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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Song Stealing and Defamation |
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270 | (1) |
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Your Group Name and Who Can Join |
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273 | (4) |
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So You Want to Join Our Group, Now That We're Signed? |
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Chapter 10 Terms and "Exclusivity," or "How long do I have to put up with this shit?" |
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279 | (40) |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (8) |
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282 | (4) |
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The Artificial Term-Extension Scam |
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286 | (2) |
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Employee or Independent Contractor? |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (2) |
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Buying Back Your Masters Once You've Had Enough |
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292 | (7) |
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Post Men Apostles Get the Ax |
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297 | (1) |
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Master Pee Springs a Leak |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (8) |
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Universal Trades Garbage and Love |
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301 | (6) |
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Non-Compete: Not Working for Anyone Else |
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Submitting to Drug Testing |
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314 | (2) |
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316 | (2) |
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Final Word: Toward Creating Sensible Contracts |
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319 | (4) |
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I The Quick-Step E-Z Guide to Decoding Your Recording Contract |
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323 | (4) |
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327 | (6) |
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IV Glossary of LabelSpeak |
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V The Master Chart: Road Map of Royalty Deal Points Through Your Recording Contract |
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| Acknowledgments |
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