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🚨We HAVE to start protecting our young creators... We can't let this keep happening...‼️

18 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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Two people discuss how 18-year-old musicians get pressured into signing away their song rights in buyout deals. They argue this exploitation kills young artists' passion and could cost the world the next Michael Jackson, calling for better protections against predatory contracts.

Why can somebody who just turned 18 be pushed into doing a buyout and giving rights to the biggest song that could change their life? Why is that allowed? Why is that even possible?
Yeah, it's not fair.
There's got to be some things to protect creators because guess what? That kid who then just got screwed over, he's lost his passion for music. He thinks everybody's evil. And that could have been the next whoever— Michael Jackson, the next whoever you want to name that you think is great. Yes. So that is, that is like how I look at these things. And it's like, who's with me? You know what I mean?
Like, I'm right with you. I got a ticket to DC. Let's go, let's go, let's go!