Mark and David

[diddywahdiddy]

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[Jules]

Ingrid, if you really (and the rest of mods too) consider that this thread talks too much about their private life, why leave it here closed?

What makes sense according to it its to delete it totally.

Anyway, its a delicate matter, so if its consider an intrusion in their private life, delete the whole thread. That would make more sense that closing it to discussions.

[holaknopfler]

Agree with jbaent. Leave it here for discussion, or delete it completely

[ds1984]

It isn't any of our business and there is more to life than worry about whether Mark and David are going to be friends again.

I disagree, this part of the Story.

[Pottel]

for he moment i locked the topic. need to talk to the other editors.
imho as long as no addresses or phone numbers are being posted, or band members are being insulted i see no reason to delete this, but this is a community effort so it ain't mine to decide.
Editors? (let's meet in the Bat cave!  )

[dustyvalentino]

I voted that it stays open.

[shangri la 1]

From what I can see we are discussing topics which are close to the bone, but are about information which is in links to freely available public domain information. I think we should keep it open until one or more of the interested parties asks us to close the thread. I appreciate everyones view and their right to express it. If we close it then we lose part of what made us different from what went before us.

[Pottel]

just that no one forgets!
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the thread is now reopened.

[Banjo99uk]

just that no one forgets!
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the thread is now reopened.

Amen brothers and sisters, let's all be friends.

[Pottel]

just that no one forgets!
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the thread is now reopened.

Amen brothers and sisters, let's all be friends.

and Banjo is not the messiah people, he's just a very naughty boy!

[vgonis]

No he isn't!

[Pottel]

hush!

[Rail King]

Thanks for reopening the thread. I would never have thought about posting David's email here, or give away any confidential information without him agreeing. But there was no chance of that, anyway. His reply was quite long and very friendly

[holaknopfler]

I just have found my book with the copyright laws. It is from Holland so I don't really know how things are done in other countries than Holland. IF and only IF the record company or whoever has the right to make a contract has excluded David from getting his money out of the things he has played on, he could make a case at court of it. It doesn't seem very trustable that he doesn't get his money, because nearly all laws on copyright state that you have to right to get your part if you don't 'give away' the copyright. But we don't know the real facts so I give only an example on David, how it might have happened.

What the thing is what happens in the music business these days is that record companies have very clever lawyers who are extremely specialised in copyright laws, that they will find a little 'short cut' in the law and run away with the money to South America! What you get is that the recording artist or band get themselves a lawyer as well and search for those little holes in the contract that they're going to sign with the record company. In the end you get a very frustrating juridical game between the artists and the record companies, that's why it is harder these days to get signed up and bring out music. Not the only factor, but it is a part of the game. I wouldn't say that it happens to everyone but it happens more and more.. Maybe we can make a seperate topic on copyright laws, I find it a very intresting discussion.

Lars

[vgonis]

Remember the Beatles and Klein case? And countless other artists that signed what in fact were slave contracts. They were given a big advance to hass them up and then they had to pay even for the cup of coffee they had while recording in the studio.

By the way the Uncut "story" (hardly can call it interview, and so does the author) was like reading AMIT. Nothing new, only boring old stories. Like re-introducing (with not so bright colours) the story and legacy of MK and DS. It is a shame of course, and Uncut had never been just to MK.