Storage Locker Full Of Death Row Records Master Tapes Sold For 30 Bucks

[blaseblase]

If these were unreleased songs then I wonder if they were ever copywritten and if that would change the laws of ownership

Unreleased music is still copyright. The guy who bought the storage locker would be able to listen to the songs or leak onto the Internet but not sell them.

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

Could of got it cheaper at price chopper

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

I feel bad for Suge

 

[dirtypablo]

Unreleased music is still copyright. The guy who bought the storage locker would be able to listen to the songs or leak onto the Internet but not sell them.

Really? I don't know anything about the law, but wouldn't there be a difference between selling the music and selling the physical media? Like he can't record the contents and sell that, but surely he could just sell the tapes?


Has anyone ever bought one of those lockers? There's websites you can go to to bid on them based on a picture, I've always wanted to do it just for the fun of the mystery, but I wouldn't want to deal with actually having to get rid of all the junk.

 

[nonoob]

Great Deal for $30, and Too Short's "Shorty the Pimp" still walks with a limp.

 

[Pliny Pete]

Unreleased music is still copyright. The guy who bought the storage locker would be able to listen to the songs or leak onto the Internet but not sell them.

Ok but if no paperwork was ever filed then who owns the copyrights?
Im not saying youre wrong but music isnt instantly copywritten the moment its created so if these are just studio session tapes that were recorded and then put away in a closet and forgotten about, I just wonder who would technically own the content on the tapes

 

[TribalDrumz]

the most shocking thing is that MC Hammer never became a broke crackhead. Or did he ?

 

[Pliny Pete]

the most shocking thing is that MC Hammer never became a broke crackhead. Or did he ?

Why is that shocking?

 

[shockaholic12]

Unreleased music is still copyright. The guy who bought the storage locker would be able to listen to the songs or leak onto the Internet but not sell them.

He could sell the physical tapes but not upload the music and sell it, correct? Like he could leave all the stuff in the locker and sell it for a million if someone would pay for it.

 

[Pliny Pete]

Really? I don't know anything about the law, but wouldn't there be a difference between selling the music and selling the physical media? Like he can't record the contents and sell that, but surely he could just sell the tapes?


Has anyone ever bought one of those lockers? There's websites you can go to to bid on them based on a picture, I've always wanted to do it just for the fun of the mystery, but I wouldn't want to deal with actually having to get rid of all the junk.

My buddy buys lockers all the time, he comes up on some decent scores sometimes, nothing huge or life changing but stuff he can sell online to turn a profit, I actually own a nice leather jacket he found in a unit

A lot of it is clothes though so he's constantly dumping bags and bagc of clothes in donation or recycle bins

And then a lot of it is unusable junk that he has to take to the dump

I think his biggest score was a bunch of Trump brand watches, i guess Trump had his own watch company for awhile before he became the worlds biggest supervillain, and my buddy was able to sell those off one by one to Trump fans on auction websites, made a nice chunk of change on that one

 

[TribalDrumz]

Why is that shocking?

Maybe Because a lot of washed up rappers go broke and hit the crack pipe.?.?..

 

[Osculater]

Yes, yes, Im sure someone went out and bought a bunch of old MC Hammer costumes and also 30 different 2 inch reel to reel tapes, which are still pretty expensive, and then labeled it all with music industry code numbers and the names of Death Row recording artists all in a grand elaborate scheme to score 30 bucks

Trying to make yourself sound smart just made you look stupid as fuck

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[Trabaho]

It's cds not royalties. He doesn't own the intelectual property.

 

[Osculater]

From 30 bucks to probably a million or two is pretty sweet

 

[Pliny Pete]

It's cds not royalties. He doesn't own the intelectual property.

Where did you see a CD?

 

[AFanNotAFighter]

The cat that bought that is about to get paid.

Or murdered.

 

[StonedLemur]

Or murdered.

Jeez, Mr Cynical lol

 

[blaseblase]

Ok but if no paperwork was ever filed then who owns the copyrights?
Im not saying youre wrong but music isnt instantly copywritten the moment its created so if these are just studio session tapes that were recorded and then put away in a closet and forgotten about, I just wonder who would technically own the content on the tapes

Highlighted the important part. Yes, it is. In the U.S. you would need to register the copyright prior to filing a lawsuit but the copyright exists as soon as the music is created.

 

[blaseblase]

Really? I don't know anything about the law, but wouldn't there be a difference between selling the music and selling the physical media? Like he can't record the contents and sell that, but surely he could just sell the tapes?


Has anyone ever bought one of those lockers? There's websites you can go to to bid on them based on a picture, I've always wanted to do it just for the fun of the mystery, but I wouldn't want to deal with actually having to get rid of all the junk.

Depending on who actually owns the tapes he might be able to sell the physical media that were in storage but what he cannot do is start making copies and then selling them.

 

[AFanNotAFighter]

Jeez, Mr Cynical lol

I always think of the worst possible scenarios. I should have been an insurance actuary.