Kanye giving artists back 50% shares for masters

[Gagz4Gaga 7,278]

5 minutes ago, Agunimon said:

But how is saying you're going to give your shares back to the artist on a sub-label edgy?

Because as of now he’s just saying it so people can talk about him. Will he actually do it though? I’ll take back what I said if he actually do something about it and not just “for album/music release” sake.

[LaLa 19,663]

5 minutes ago, mauvais said:

A typical recording contract is nothing more than an employee agreeing to work for a corporation, which is no more inherently evil than any other work for hire situation. Everyone is like "how could a record label own a song they didn't write/perform?"   meanwhile no one is in their feelings about a studio owning a film (bc actors/directors understand they are hired to work on one (1) project)! 

Thank you for saying this! I agree that recording contracts can for sure be exploitative, but the concept of creating art and then selling it is also super common. Like, a painter rarely owns their work after it's complete, right? (or, that's the goal)

That's not to say people aren't getting ripped off, but I also know that labels are providing a service in return, otherwise everyone would be independant... I dunno, it's just more nuanced than most stans realize I guess. But certainly artists don't deserve to be tricked or trapped.