Do you really believe this? It used to be that if you googled 'london burial' you got a link to a funeral home run by a guy named william bevin who wasnt anywhere near... that age. All that aside, he doesnt have to show you, the listener his name, which is why he supposedly 'unveiled' himself.zerbaman wrote:He does exist.
His name is William Bevan. He lives in south London. There's a picture of his face on his myspace.
buuuut about the legal question...
ketamine wrote:How can you sue someone who doesn't exist.zerbaman wrote:I'm pretty sure they could still sue him if they wanted to.
At least none of them have attention spans to sit and go through his tunes to see if they got "jack'd"
if petitioned for the information, the retailers selling his tunes would have to turn over any contact info they had for the label, and it would ultimately fall on Kode9's hyperdub contracts whether or not he or burial took the legal burden...
Usually, when signing a tune, the label owner asks you for a list of samples you used that might get them sued, and this is the first opportunity for things to go wrong, the artist can fail to report sample sources. If thats the case, the label can claim ignorance and the burden would fall on the artist (if the label wanted to be dicks like that)
Once the labels management/representatives has this list, its up to them whether or not they pursue rights and royalty agreements, however if the artist has binding proof they delivered such a list, they can claim that they were under the assumption the label had pursued rights, and thus in this case, the label becomes more likely to get the hard end of the legal process, and remaining 'more anonymous' could ultimately prove less damaging to your rep after everythings run its course.
