RTP-area local music and culture

[Bob Wall <bob.wall AT earthlink.net>]

If the band kept a copy their initial consignment contract, they should 
be free and clear and get their product back. However (in my vast years 
as record store guy) most bands lose these contracts, sometimes never 
get a copy because the store doesn't give them one (Gate City Noise for 
example), or they don't follow up on the stipulations of the contract 
(checking back periodically on product, renewing if necessary).

The other side is that proving all this to a new company usually is a 
waste of time to get your 5 copies back when you already have a closet 
full of 'em.

Bob


Chris Rossi wrote:
> Matthew Paul wrote:
> 
>>
>>Here is a situation: how about when a band has their material for sale
>>on consignment at the local music store. The store gets swallowed up by
>>a competitor and suddenly the band has to "buy back" consignment items
>>because the stock was sold to the new store. true story btw.
>>
> 
> They caved in to idiocy.  The first store never owned the cds in the 
> first place, so there's no way the competitor bought the cds when they 
> bought the store.  So the competitor doesn't own the cds any more than 
> the first store ever did.  I believe that the competitor didn't 
> necessarily understand that and were bullying enough to the local band 
> in question to get them to cave in, but it doesn't mean they had any 
> legal right to do so.
> 
> chris
> 
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