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    Glen Petersen
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    Hey all,

    Today I sent in my resignation to a RF library that recently changed their payout policy to 35% from 50%. They will pay 50% for “Exclusive” representation but 35% for non-exclusive representation. I will not contribute to the downward spiral of prices paid to artists for their intellectual property. Please join in with me. Nor will I take it lightly that I originally signed on for 50% NON EXCLUSIVE, and this suddenly morphed into 35% without any notice.  I know I can not state the name of this site/ publisher/ catalog…but perhaps many of you can figure it out.  Please think about joining in with me by doing the same : Pull Out!

    We can control the splits. We can simply say no. I did today, not just for me, but for all doing this work.

    Sincerely

    GP

     

    #9677 Reply
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    Hi Glen,

    Please e-mail me using the contact form and we will get it under the right listing.

    Art

    #9678 Reply
    Jay
    Guest

    did an email go out about this or should I check my RF sites?

    #9679 Reply
    Desire_Inspires
    Participant

    I think I know what company you are referring to.

    This deal is not the best, but it is far from the worst. I actually would choose this deal since it is non-exclusive. I would choose it because I know that receiving license fees is highly unlikely anyway.

    This company does blanket licenses for almost all of their deals.

    #9680 Reply
    MichaelL
    Participant

    @Glen…if you wouldn’t mind,please send me PM  (to MichaelL) with the name of the library. I’d like to know who it is before I waste my time (or much more of my time).

    Thanks,

    MichaelL

    #9686 Reply
    Soph
    Guest

    I don’t understand why you cant tell us the name of the library? This is where we can discuss such matters openly surely!

    We cant “join in with you” if we don’t know the details!

    Soph.

    #9688 Reply
    Mark Lewis
    Participant

    Hi Soph-
    Art has a rule that we are not allowed to discuss specific music libraries in the open forum. It is important to add the comments on specific libraries to their MLR library pages so that MLR subscribers can find them and more importantly so it will add to and retain the value of the great product Art is creating here.

    -Mark

    #9692 Reply
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    @soph: What Mark Lewis said.

    I don’t know about you but I find it frustrating to go on to open forums and find information scattered all over the place. Threads get hi-jacked quickly (hey, I just did that myself!) and they usually deteriorate. I asked the original poster (Glen) to e-mail me the library in question so we could post his concerns in that library’s listing. Still waiting to hear from Glen.

    Hope you can understand and appreciate what we are trying to do here.

    Thanks

    Art

    #9695 Reply
    Glen Petersen
    Guest

    I just sent Art an e-mail indicating which library made this sudden shift from 50% to 35%. What makes it soo sleezy is that they claimed to have sent out a notice that their pay out policy will change, yet I never received this notification? Isn’t this bordering on breach of contract? If I originally up-loaded under the terms of 50%,  I should remain at 50% forever….

    #9696 Reply
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    Thanks Glen but haven’t seen an e-mail yet. Try music[at]munsonLLC[dot]com

    Replace the bracketed text with the real characters.

    Thanks again!

    #9697 Reply
    B Minus
    Guest

    Sure seems dubious to me – as you said, you have a contract so how can they just change that? And not getting the notification really is pushing it too.

    As for Art and charging for the library listings part of this website – I don’t think he should be ashamed of it at all. The profit motive has made this site what it is, and there’s nothing else like it out there. If anything I’d be more open about it, though it can be difficult sometimes.

    When I have some cash I’m going to buy a lifetime. Actually – sorry to go offtopic, but what’s in place for the site if something happens to you Art? Also, sorry to be so morbid!

    #9698 Reply
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    @B Minus: “but what’s in place for the site if something happens to you Art? Also, sorry to be so morbid!”

    LOL! That did make me laugh as I was just sitting here complaining about aches and pains to Robin! Actually I have thought about that and have one particular person in mind that I’ve already spoken with. In any event I’m planning for at least another 30 years on this planet!

    #9699 Reply
    B Minus
    Guest

    Glad you got a laugh out of it! And also glad that you’ve got it worked out, and that you have plenty of years left 🙂

    #9701 Reply
    Bronxbomba
    Guest

    If you’re talking about the library I think you are, they sent out that email on 3/25/13.

    I would imagine they have some sort of clause in their contract that basically says they have the right to make changes at any given time for whatever reason they choose.

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