music streaming subscribers worldwide — which will swell to 2 billion by the end of the decade. And these pieces of information are intrinsically linked.
So West needs to consider his own leverage in negotiations. What, other than money, can he bring to bear in his fight to reclaim his masters? One thing Universal definitely wouldn’t want is West walking away publicly from the company — especially toward a rival. This possibility, though, will hurt Universal much more if West is still churning out consistent hits. As we stand, West is on a gospel music-making tip, but his most recent secular album was a commercial underperformer.
This was certainly the case with Michael Jackson, whose longtime lawyer John Branca negotiated the artist’s acquisition of his solo masters from Sony Music following the record-breaking release ofin 1982. To this day, Jackson’s classic solo album recordings are all owned by the Jackson Estate’s MJJ Productions — but distributed globally by Sony Music.who, following a famed failure to reclaim ownership of his masters from Warner Bros.
Even under the 35-year law, West wouldn’t be able to apply for termination of his masters deal until 2039 at the earliest . But if his lawyers go in all-guns-blazing on this point, you’d at least expect Universal’s ears to prick up.Kanye’s new mission isn’t all about Kanye, you know. On Sunday ,
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No more attention for the loser or his loser wife
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whatever, fuck kanye
No one can withstand the PR catastrophe of seeing a Grammy being peed on.
You see, dumbass, recording sessions don't pay for themselves. If you read your contract you'd have possibly understood that.
Nikki sixx got Motley Crue’s masters back. He needs to get in touch with him
Maybe he ought to focus on that instead of subverting our elections. I get he has issues and they are being manipulated by others, but he needs to wake up. Wake up, Mr. West!
I blame Universal-but he CAN get the masters back. The business manager for my late husband's band got theirs back from Universal, but they put up one heck of a fight!
Fuck that, it was Taylor Swift ! This Trump puppet ain’t shit PERIOD
BoycottKanyeAndKardashians Stopping fascism and saving democracy is not a joke, an ego trip, or a PR stunt.
Y’all under this comments should stfu
Give him his music and let him leave me alone.
Despite what you think about Ye he could actually pull this off
Kanye sucks ass
He is really not worth the time.
can't a lawyer just state he's too mentally unstable to own anything?
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