JetFueledThoughts
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There's absolutely no situation where you end a contract, sign a new one with a new company, and can't publicly say you are at a new company. I swear Coli Legal Analysts come up with the silliest shyt
I work in an industry where I deal with non-competes all the time among high level Execs. Technically they can prevent you from going to direct competitors for a certain period of time, so perhaps they did get a bag with Apple but can't sign it for 6 months or something. But the day they do sign, it will be announced immediately. Also, non-competes are crazy hard to inforce, as US courts almost always back individuals ability to get income.
If anything they might have paperwork that prevents them from publicly disparaging Spotify for x amount of time, but Joe already burnt that bridge before he left
Unless your professional experience is in music/entertainment/etc. then it doesn’t really apply. It’s a completely different animal. Things like announcing deals and the buzz that creates can actually be considered ‘capital’
I work in tech and have dealt with my own as well as other’s non-competes and various types of NDAs in general. But My experience doesn’t parlay into music/entertainment at all.