"This is our company's legal counsel, Luo Fang, who is responsible for handling some legal matters. Li Xiaoxiao was actually very puzzled in her heart, what was this person doing here, today was a meeting in the recording studio, and she wouldn't even enter the recording studio, so the legal counsel came over to join in the fun? She didn't seem to call the other party over.

Luo Fang is not very tall, thin, with short hair, slender eyes, wearing a gold-wire flat glass, a black suit, and a very gentle appearance.

"Hello. Xu Xuan habitually shook hands with the other party.

"Hello. Luo Fang smiled, then took a step forward and said, "I came here today mainly to sign an agreement with you on the transfer of the copyright of the work. ”

In most music distribution agreements, the songwriter will be required to transfer the copyright of the song to the distributor, this is called copyright transfer, in exchange, the distributor has to pay a certain royalty to the songwriter on a regular basis, which Xu Xuan knows, but according to the artist contract signed by Xu Xuan: from the date of the release of the record, all the song copyrights of the record will be automatically transferred to the company's name, so Xu Duan is very puzzled about this copyright transfer agreement, since the company has determined that it will definitely get the copyright of the work, why did he come up with such a transfer agreement？

"What kind of agreement can I see?" Xu Duan only buried his doubts in his heart, he wanted to see what this so-called copyright transfer agreement was.

Luo Fang took out an agreement from a black handbag he brought with him and handed it to Xu Xuan.

The above is nothing more than the various requirements and responsibilities to be performed by Party A and Party B, Xu Xuan roughly browsed it, and focused on the effective time of the agreement: it will take effect immediately from the date of signing the agreement.

"When did the company have such an agreement?" Xu Duan hadn't spoken yet, Li Xiaoxiao, who was watching the agreement next to Xu Duan, first expressed her doubts, she had never seen such an agreement since she entered Phantom Records, because as long as the record is released, the copyright of the singer's work will automatically belong to the company, and in this case, it seems a bit redundant to sign a copyright transfer agreement, so Li Xiaoxiao is very puzzled.

Luo Fang smiled when he heard this: "This is a new initiative of the company, which is intended to solve various disputes over the copyright of music works from the root, and you all know that copyright disputes over audio-visual products have always been troublesome, and the company would rather do more useless measures than get caught up in those troublesome disputes." ”

"Copyright disputes? What kind of disputes? Can you be specific?" Xu Duan asked hesitantly, he had learned about Connie Love's "Public Letter to Record Artists", and he had a lot of understanding of how record companies exploited artists, although he didn't understand what was going on with this sudden extra copyright transfer, but he didn't want to be sold by the record company and helped the other party count the money.

"It's not that it refers to any specific kind of dispute, but the company's new measures are just to prevent problems before they occur, so as not to be caught off guard in case of emergencies. Luo Fangdao.

"I remember... The requirements for the copyright of the work on the artist contract I signed are: since the date of the release of the record, the copyright of all the works of the record will automatically belong to the name of Phantom Records, and the copyright of the record distribution work is already the company, why do you need to sign such a transfer agreement?"

Luo Fang smiled when he heard this: "The company mainly wants to eliminate all copyright disputes from the root, such as the current period until the release date of the record, during this period of time, the company cannot control the copyright of the work, which will cause some unstable and unsafe hidden dangers, and the company hopes that this instability and insecurity will be completely eliminated." ”

"I still don't understand, you're more detailed. Xu Duan said quietly, now Xu Duan feels that there is a problem with this transfer agreement, he doesn't know what the problem is, but his intuition is that there is a problem, because this Luo Fang always has all kinds of vague copyright disputes, and he doesn't say what the dispute is, Xu Duan can't accept being fooled like this as a child.

"In the past, the company has never had a precedent for transferring the copyright before the release of the record, so Mr. Luo, please tell me more about it, and I would like to know about it. Li Xiaoxiao also spoke, she was also puzzled why the company would suddenly make such a copyright transfer agreement, in her opinion, it was completely unnecessary.

After all, the senior management really values Mr. Xu very much, and hopes to promote Mr. Xu's records without any accidents, such as music charts and promotion. Luo Fang's words made Xu Duan feel that there was something wrong with this transfer agreement, and he said back and forth in a few vague words, but he didn't say why.

"Do you still need copyright transfer to hit the music charts?" Liu Yilun, who had been listening to it for a long time, looked at Luo Fang in surprise, this was the first time he had heard of this.

"This is just an example, not that it must be, but that the company does not want to go wrong in the publicity, and it is just a protection measure. Luo Fangdao.

Luo Fang's words were always vague, so Xu Xuan had to get to the bottom of it, and he would definitely not sign this agreement without asking why, so he thought about it and said: "The copyright of the work before the release of the record is in my hands, and the copyright of the work belongs to the company after the release of the record, I can't think of what kind of copyright dispute will arise, can Mr. Luo say it specifically? I am particularly interested in this." ”

"Yes, what's the trouble with the copyright of the work in the hands of the original author? Liu Yilun interjected again, it's not that he hasn't signed this kind of agreement, he is very familiar with this kind of agreement, but it is very incomprehensible that the company has to sign a copyright transfer agreement when it has determined that it is about to get the copyright.

Luo Fang pursed his lips and said: "It's not surprising, because this is a trial operation plan of the company, if you don't sign it, maybe the company's senior management will have doubts about the ownership of the copyright of the work, and then shake the confidence in Mr. Xu's record release, so for the smooth implementation of the record release, I still hope that Mr. Xu can sign this agreement." ”

Threatening me? Xu Xuan heard that he was 100% sure that there was a problem with this so-called copyright transfer agreement, Luo Fang first fooled him in vague words, and when he found out that he had doubts about the copyright transfer agreement, he immediately turned into a threat.

"What if I just don't sign it?" Xu asked rhetorically.

"Then the company may need to conduct a new risk assessment of Mr. Xu's record release, and as for whether to release this record, it can only wait for the company to make a new decision. Luo Fang said with a smile.

"Then re-evaluate. Xu Duan also smiled and said, if Luo Fang can explain the so-called copyright transfer agreement clearly, he may not sign the agreement, after all, he has signed the copyright transfer contract, and this agreement is not bad, but this Luo Fang is either fooling or threatening, this Xu Duan will not accept it, he will not be threatened if he does not release records.

"Luo Fang, do you know what you're talking about?" Li Xiaoxiao was also angry, a legal adviser on the other side came here to talk nonsense about what kind of agreement, is it his legal counsel who has the final say on whether the company releases records or not?

Luo Fang didn't expect Xu Duan to rather not release a record than sign this copyright transfer agreement, but he obviously didn't give up, and didn't pay attention to Li Xiaoxiao's questioning, but continued to smile and said to Xu Duan: "The company also promised that if Mr. Xu signed this agreement, he could extract a certain amount of additional profits for each song." ”

Fooling, threatening, and luring, what is missing? Xu Xuan didn't know what was so great about this copyright transfer agreement, and he actually asked Luo Fangfei to sign it with such a big spirit, but now he didn't want to sign it, even if Luo Fang gave him a mountain of gold now, he wouldn't sign it!

"How much?" Xu Duan doesn't have a good impression of Luo Fang now, and he has never been very polite to people who are not so touched.

"In addition to the two percent on the contract, the additional two percent. Luo Fang looked like he was winning, he originally thought that Xu Duan was just a newcomer, and he would fool him by fooling around, but he didn't expect Xu Duan to be easy to fool, so he wanted to use the record release to pressure Xu Duan to make Xu Duan submit, but he didn't want Xu Duan to eat soft or hard, and it was not good, and finally he had to come up with the temptation of interests, which can be regarded as a very high price, after all, the top of the famous first-tier and second-tier singers is only about four or six prices, Xu Duan is just a small star who has just entered the third line, what does he have to disagree with?

Liu Yilun pursed his lips and looked at that Luo Fang, he wondered why this Luo Fang wanted to make such an agreement, in his opinion, this agreement was worthless, after all, the copyright should belong to the record company, that is, before and after the release of the record, why spend such a big price in just a few days? This made Liu Yilun very puzzled.

Others don't understand, why did Luo Fang have to let Xu Duan sign such an agreement, it is simply unnecessary for the company to spend such a large price to get something that should belong to itself.

"The extra two percent, it's really high. Xu Xuan said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, please sign it. Luo Fang pushed the agreement and pen in front of Xu Duan, and he didn't think that Xu Duan would resist in the face of such a big interest.

"No. Xu Duan looked down and shrugged.

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