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The Recording Artist Agreement: Does It Empower Or Enslave, Lynn Morrow
The Recording Artist Agreement: Does It Empower Or Enslave, Lynn Morrow
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
In June 2000, Courtney Love, the controversial lead singer of the rock group Hole, lambasts, among other things, record company profits. In an essay entitled "Courtney Love Does the Math," she maintains that a recording artist agreement is itself a form of music piracy. She tells a compelling story about a band and a record company. As a result of a bidding war between the major labels, the band was given what is considered a huge deal-a twenty percent artist royalty and a million dollar advance. Providing a breakdown of how the million dollars was spent, Ms. Love calculates that, …