Ok I just looked, she gave up rights to her first 6 albums and they were eventually sold. She’d pay royalties to the new owners like when Michael Jackson bought the Beatles masters.
But according to the article she waited until the “sunset clause” kicked in and could record them again royalty free and hopes to cut into the profits of the owners of the original masters which she does not own.
Ok I just looked, she gave up rights to her first 6 albums and they were eventually sold. She’d pay royalties to the new owners like when Michael Jackson bought the Beatles masters.
But according to the article she waited until the “sunset clause” kicked in and could record them again royalty free and hopes to cut into the profits of the owners of the original masters which she does not own.
I did not know she gave up the rights to those albums, I had just heard that the master recordings were sold
I did not know she gave up the rights to those albums, I had just heard that the master recordings were sold
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