Author Topic: Grammy nominated music composer faces $50,000 fine for making music for a game  (Read 1168 times)

He made music for Flower, The Banner Saga and Journey
http://youtu.be/jqvraGNfKVY
Unions are so loving full of stuff it hurts.

but i thought business was evil and unions fairly represent the workers of the world!

these are capitalist bourgeois lies! down with America!

How would they fine the composer? I am assuming that they fined the company?

How would they fine the composer? I am assuming that they fined the company?
by bringing up legal charges against him? lol

forget them

pay me

His "union" can take it up the ass.

by bringing up legal charges against him? lol
Like how? What is illegal about a person making music? Nothing. There has to be a contract being violated. That is probably by the game company, who has some sort of union exclusive agreement. Maybe the composer got royalties on the game and now the union is getting those back.

Like how? What is illegal about a person making music? Nothing. There has to be a contract being violated. That is probably by the game company, who has some sort of union exclusive agreement. Maybe the composer got royalties on the game and now the union is getting those back.
you know how i know you didn't watch the video?

you know how i know you didn't watch the video?
Oh, okay so he is in the union. You could have said that.

I do not understand what is wrong with this.

Oh, okay so he is in the union. You could have said that.

I do not understand what is wrong with this.
because they're stifling art by fining a composer for doing his loving job on the basis of a paper the members of the union did not get to vote on?

i'm just going to regard you as a corporate suck-up cunt and leave it at that.

Why is there a union for composers? lol

That's hilariously stupid.

Urge to kill rising

I wasn't even aware this kind of rule existed, what's the point of it??

because they're stifling art by fining a composer for doing his loving job on the basis of a paper the members of the union did not get to vote on?

i'm just going to regard you as a corporate suck-up cunt and leave it at that.
He joined the union. He should follow the rules.

He joined the union. He should follow the rules.

I'm pretty sure he joined before they made that bullstuff contract, its still stupid of the union to do this since this wasn't accepted by game developers (also considering the backlash too)

He joined the union. He should follow the rules.
man imagine how loving boring life would be if everyone followed overly restrictive rules on art.

man imagine how loving boring life would be if everyone followed overly restrictive rules on art.
Once again, why did a musician join a union? Why is there a loving union?