Bruno Mars sells his song catalog to Warner Music

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Kiyoshi-Dono]

IDC

 

[humminbird]

I’m thinking the “value” of music will drop soon

 

[Astroslik]

All I want to know is how much, all them hits you know they threw the mega bag at him.

And by mega bag I mean no less than a billion.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

He don't care. It was all black music that he co-opted in the first place.

Nicca probably run a sweatshop for black writers to churn out hits. His private Amazon songwriting factory

 

[KidJSoul]

How come?

Are they preparing for some type of economic crash?

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Big Boss]

 

[KidJSoul]

I don't get it

 

[Wildin]

We laugh at rappers who don't own their publishing....but every other genre we praise........

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[King]

How come?

Are they preparing for some type of economic crash?

I believe it’s one of those ventures where you need a fukkton of money right now to pull it off.

I believe for every investment this company makes in acquiring music - 20-30 years down the line they can double their investment.

This is most likely wrong and incorrect, but similar.

 

[Oatmeal]

Coke prices going up

Was thinking the same thing, this was a "powder" move not a power move

 

[kevm3]

These artists must know something we don't or they might be getting pressed by these companies to sell off their rights or events start to happen.

 

[Cynic]

yikes!

but it’s no secret that when MJ got his hands on the Beatles catalog (among others) a lot of people felt some kind of way and by the early 90s they were gunning for his ass. That 30-40 years later that catalog is a license to print money and he held on to his half of it til then.

His estate is out of their damn minds and there’s no way he would co sign it.

imagine being one person and having 50% of something and your “partner” in the other half is a billion dollar corporation.

He's dead and can't tour anymore.

There's nothing wrong with having a partner like that as long you both benefit mutually.

Especially if that partner can handle licensing, legal and other things. The estate probably has houses and lifestyles to maintain