In a message dated 10/15/2002 11:59:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > X-INFO: INVALID TO LINE > My randon reactions to the article - > > The first thing is that I had a good belly laugh at the Joni quotes! > > Then I thought a lot of other things. > > The royalties dispute with Geffen - we had a thread here long ago where I > recall that Geffen sued her for her mechanical (?) royalties to try to > re-coup her advance. I think it was Fred Simon and maybe some others who > said that such royalties are off-limits legally and it was therefore dirty > for Geffen to try to go after them (and he lost the legal fight, too.) > > On the other hand, do record companies fool around with the royalties owed > to artists? A number of artists over the years claim they do. Is it > deliberate, or is is just bad or sloppy (and sometimes arrogant) accounting > practices? Mostly the latter. Some artists also may see their songs or > albums for sale in foreign countries and think to themselves "the record > company never paid me for those!" not realizing that they are often > "pirated" product, over which the record company has little or no control, > especially in those countries where "pirating" is legal. > > Is Joni crotchety? Yeah! But it reminds me of what I've always heard > about > growing older. People cut to the chase, get more real and don't give a > damn > so much anymore with telling it like they think it is, regardless of > whether > it is correct or not. > > Does Joni need to get out more? Yes, I have thought so for awhile, now. > Maybe she should join in on the list - LOL > Joni may be right about this subject,but doesn't she seem to be a broken record?(pun intended)If I'm not mistaken she said the same exact thing in "Rolling Stone" a few years ago and about a trillion other times...
