Band Permission - What Proof Is Needed?

[BrewTLG]

What is needed to show Harmonix that you have a band's permission to track out and upload their music? Is there a form that the manager/label fills out?

[TheOzone]

I think having the actual master recordings would be proof enough.

[trg007]

I think having the actual master recordings would be proof enough.

I think you're going to want something more solid than that. All the legitimate authors sign contracts with the artists they work with, which covers compensation, rights to use masters, etc.

[TheOzone]

I think you're going to want something more solid than that. All the legitimate authors sign contracts with the artists they work with, which covers compensation, rights to use masters, etc.

Well obviously. I have contracts with my clients that I'm authoring for. I mean that having the masters is evidence enough for Harmonix that you went and got the rights and you're not going to have show written proof or anything. Master tracks are not readily available like mp3s are.

[CCDaDon]

Well obviously. I have contracts with my clients that I'm authoring for. I mean that having the masters is evidence enough for Harmonix that you went and got the rights and you're not going to have show written proof or anything. Master tracks are not readily available like mp3s are.

That's not really all that true for some songs. There are alot of songs where masters are out there for anyone.

[Magnet]

I mean that having the masters is evidence enough for Harmonix that you went and got the rights and you're not going to have show written proof or anything. Master tracks are not readily available like mp3s are.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that is totally not true.

[TheOzone]

I probably am. Maybe someone who's in the beta or a HMX person can give the correct answer, I was just guessing.

[davidshek]

Well obviously. I have contracts with my clients that I'm authoring for. I mean that having the masters is evidence enough for Harmonix that you went and got the rights and you're not going to have show written proof or anything. Master tracks are not readily available like mp3s are.

Magnet is right, that's not true at all. I have the master tracks for The Doobie Brothers "Long Train Running", but I don't have the rights to publish that song. Same with the hundreds of other sets of master tracks I have.

If you're serious about authoring a song (or songs) for a band and have questions about obtaining the proper rights, talk to an entertainment contracts lawyer.

[CCDaDon]

Magnet is right, that's not true at all. I have the master tracks for The Doobie Brothers "Long Train Running", but I don't have the rights to publish that song. Same with the hundreds of other sets of master tracks I have.

If you're serious about authoring a song (or songs) for a band and have questions about obtaining the proper rights, talk to an entertainment contracts lawyer.

Why... would you have the Michael McDonald Back Up Band's masters?

j/p

[socrstopr]

What is needed to show Harmonix that you have a band's permission to track out and upload their music? Is there a form that the manager/label fills out?

There is no submission of proof up front, like the kind of form you may be thinking of, but I am sure if something fishy comes up, or HMX is contacted by a band stating something is out of line, that they will be on you like bees on honey for a full fledged contract that displays your rights to use/distribute/whatever the right words are/ the songs in question.