Hello,
I need some advice about an issue I have.
I have a spoken agreement with a label, we never signed a real contract, it was a spoken agreement.
Now I want them to take off my tune under their label because negligence, and I got an email where they tell me the contract we did was valid for 5 years, etc, even when we never signed a contract, or did a publishing contract.
They claim they can make all valid because they have emails where we agreed, even when in this emails there's not a contract attached, even when there's none of us signature making official all.
I consider this is absolutely no valid, and if I take this to a legal process, they could not do nothing about.
Correct me if I am wrong please.
Thanks for the help!!!!

I attach here some stuff that seems to enforce what I though:

http://www.publaw.com/contract.html

Kopi =o.

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Last edited by kopi_luwak on Nov-09-2007 at 16:30

well, did any of the emails even contain the 5 year term, and did you agree to that in email?

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yea your right a verbal agreement has no validity. no contract signed then they dont have ownership of it.

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As far as I recall, they never mention the 5 years thing.

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emails would never stand up in court and most labels won't pay for legal fee's unless the label is huge and the track is worth a significant amount of money. if you think burning this relationship with label a is worth it to bring it to label b, then no one will stop you

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Originally posted by kopi_luwak As far as I recall, they never mention the 5 years thing. Kopi =o.

then validity of emails doesn't even matter. Just ask the label contact to show you where you agreed to this.

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All is solved though, it was a collab track, and the other person involved, never made an agreement, or got asked, all was done by me, but was label responsabilitie to contact the other partie (i gave them all the details of this person), before to sign up, or release anything, because we go half and half in all, so the tune is not only mine.
They have not replied, I assume they are thinking what to do, prolly running out of ideas, they dont have nothing now with this, will sign it up to other label, and let's see who fights, the one with a real contract with signatures, or the one that claims all was done over email, will keep u informed, anyway, all ideas are welcome, or help .

Kopi =o.

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