Discontinued Record Companies

What about clearing samples which are owned by a discontinued record company? .. Like MGM Records. I know I dont have to worry about clearing samples, but Im just wondering.
Any insides?

every song you can think of is owned by someone....and you have to get that person's permission.....

Prah_860_ wrote:every song you can think of is owned by someone....and you have to get that person's permission.....

SIMPLE...................................


THE ARTIST.......ARTISTS LABEL..........ARTIST RELATIVES........ETC.........



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whoever owns the publishing rights-
most record labels DONT own the publishing(till recently)-
check the writing credits-
michael jackson owns northern songs,who own the beatles catalog-
you wouldnt go to paul or yoko in that case-
nowadays,record labels want all the pie they can eat---:(

if it says"written by joe blow" "published by badtaste music"you would try to find badtaste music,or whoever owns them now-
then get a lawyer:)
hope this helps:)
sammy

ok thanks ladz

There are only 4 "major" record labels in the world and they got sub labels, indies (more like franchizes) and over see everything. So some how MGM can be linked back to its parent label. Its not hard at all you just have to know the links or know ppl in high places like lawyers dat can track that down.

1) Universal Music Group (Geffen, Interscope, Island, Motown, and Universal...etc)

2) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Astralwerks, Capitol, EMI, Mute, and Virgin...etc)

3) EMI Group (Arista, Columbia, Epic, J, Jive, and RCA...etc)

4) Warner Music Group (Asylum, Atlantic, Lava, Reprise, Rhino, and Warner Bros)

It is also recommended that wen u start having to clear samples attempt to clear them with ur ppl 1st because the artist u are working with gives up ur publishing instead of theirs wen u leave them to the nagotiations. It could also come out cheaper depending on ur track record. Every sample is nagotiable their is no set number of points.