PSA RE: Artist Union
I am assuming some of you have knowledge of this outfit. But I have discovered that they are not a legitimate enterprise, preying on people who they charge 39.00 per single track to submit for “consideration.” I thought this is either a scam or goldmine. One track won’t hurt me $ and if they are a scam, which I almost knew because in there contract language, or in this case the statements made prior to payment are without specific time periods with which to expect a response. In legal terms bullshit. When a contract is vague or non-specific the drafter bears the burden of his ambiguity by the court saying the other guy gets it his way or the way a reasonable person would. Now its been almost 14 days. For 39.00 a less than 7 minute track something tells me that these not very dj like; one poses with headphones and a controller. The others in there social media feeds are hanging out in exotic places partying, not djing. Not running events, promoting them or the site really at all. It is so brazen. They have HQ in San Fransisco. I choose you b/c you aren’t there; and I have no clue how far these guys got pals. But I do know that part of the deal is they have some rights to your music while it is there. I have pulled all of my mixes and sent a letter terminating in writing all components on the basis of the contract null status, disputed with the bank and stated the reasons and intuition to file for breach if necessary. You ask yourself who sues over 39? That is the calculated bet these Silicon Valley parasites made. I have posted in a National but small FB Jungle group and I intend to tread lightly, but do you know anything about them or three company members. That’s three. It would be months before I heard from them, and no would be the response. https://twitter.com/justinkan 2 https://twitter.com/jamesfzhang 3 https://twitter.com/ranidu Bureau of Consumer Protection | Federal Trade Commission