“How a NYT Times reporter collects [Scams] royalties from hundreds of Musicians” -Benn Jordan

[Senator Toadstool]

This video is amazing.

As someone who studied a lot of entertainment law in Law School this scam is very very interesting to me on how he structured it but on a base level fuck this guy for scamming talented people.

Always always read a contract and consult a lawyer if your not sure what a contract means… it will almost always save you money in the long term.

How A New York Times Reporter Scammed Hundreds of Musicians

If you were contacted by Ian or Synesthesia, do me a solid and fill this short form out! https://forms.gle/d2CAtWSZHNpehgyB6- Update/Correction: Found the no...

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the video does get a bit wonky if you don't know what sync, master, etc licenses are just fyi

 

[krazen]

Gonna dive in, but this needs a TL: DR cliff note

 

[Dan-o]

Gonna dive in, but this needs a TL: DR cliff note

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I put one in this thread :)

How A NYTimes Reporter Collects Royalties From Hundreds of Musicians | Benn Jordan Entertainment

20-minute video. Wild stuff... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk872ERRVxA tl;dw - NYT journalist contacted hundreds of musicians, praising their work, telling them he wanted to collaborate on a soundtrack for his new book. However, the contracts are written such that the musicians -- doing...

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[Senator Toadstool]

I put one in this thread :)

How A NYTimes Reporter Collects Royalties From Hundreds of Musicians | Benn Jordan Entertainment

20-minute video. Wild stuff... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk872ERRVxA tl;dw - NYT journalist contacted hundreds of musicians, praising their work, telling them he wanted to collaborate on a soundtrack for his new book. However, the contracts are written such that the musicians -- doing...

www.resetera.com

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idk how I missed this. sorry!

mods can lock

 

[Dan-o]

idk how I missed this. sorry!

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All good. Honestly, the more chance people actually watch the video, the better. It's damn good.

 

[transience]

Benn Jordan as in The Flashbulb? Whoa. He's one of the best around. Didn't expect him!

edit: okay, watched the video. This is such an obvious scam that I'm glad Benn is exposing.

 

[Cargo Shorts]

Someone needs to update the Wikipedia page for Ian Urbina showing this scam. Pretty sure Ian himself wrote the entry for Outlaw Ocean Music Project and Synesthesia Media.

What a piece of shit.

 

[Parch]

There's a lot of frustrated musicians and creators on youtube that complain about being demonitized because people make unfounded copyright claims. It's become a regular scam. Of course youtube does nothing, and going to court over copyrights is expensive and frustrating.

 

[Poodlestrike]

How A NYTimes Reporter Collects Royalties From Hundreds of Musicians | Benn Jordan Entertainment

20-minute video. Wild stuff... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk872ERRVxA tl;dw - NYT journalist contacted hundreds of musicians, praising their work, telling them he wanted to collaborate on a soundtrack for his new book. However, the contracts are written such that the musicians -- doing...

www.resetera.com

Already a thread, but this is fascinating stuff.