CrazyBaldHead.

is it weird having 50,60,70 yr old friends😭😭

Earlier this week, I was in a meeting that was honestly very sad. Over 30 artists do not own their music yes most of the hits you know, their names, or even the rights to their images and this is in perpetuity. This has had serious consequences: many music groups have stopped releasing songs because anything they create does not belong to them, and they cannot secure endorsements since they don’t own their image rights. When they tried to exit, some of them were sued in California and are now required to pay the label $1 million. We are witnessing one of the most significant IP cases of our time. I am confident they will eventually get out of it. We sit in these meetings not as politicians, but as citizens advocating for policies that shape how our industry operates, grows, and sustains livelihoods.

Artists, let’s have a candid conversation. Many of the problems we face come from lack of information. Mambo ya MCSK hiyo nitakua nimekosea nikijifanya najua, mtadeal nayo kwa forum ingine The real issue here part of the probem we are dealing with is IP and rights ownership. We are signing documents blindly. right now a foreigner owns artists fully an expensive mistake that could have been avoided. Your music/content/creative work, your name, your image that is your future. If the deal is too good... Normalize seeking legal advice before signing anything. Because once you sign away your rights, you don’t just lose money you lose control, you lose your career. And we need to step up and show up when policies are made. Let’s stop having conversations just to be politicaly correct in the name of cancel culture. Everyone is fighting for their industry we are not an exception. Other industries are fixing their spaces farmers, teachers, doctors… they participate, they speak, they act. Why are we quiet? And to everyone wait for elections or a political topic to start arguing based on politics. For now, we have a country to fix, weather it is Executive, Legislature, Judiciary Participate. Show up. Be part of the solution. Life is as simple as, you either participate when decisions are being made or work with decisions that were made in your absense. Elections will come and everyone will choose who they want and that is Democracy respectfuly it is not a game of of my side or I hate you.

What a SHAMELESS display of pettiness! As a long term paying subscriber of your Newsletter, Consider my Subscription CANCELLED!!

We got a copy of the Tuju ruling. Anyone willing to share snippets of the Will in question? Given that it is allegedly taught in KSL, can mere layman also be given access.