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Old 10-10-2013, 15:11
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There must be some leaked online.
What is to stop the show saying that they can glean perpetual royalties on any contestant discovered through TV show.
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Old 11-10-2013, 15:40
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The only act they can get their claws into are the winners. Everyone else is free to go wherever they wish, assuming that they are offered contracts by other people. I do believe that these acts are not allowed to release anything for a certain period of time though, as per the contract they sign with ITV for the live shows.
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Old 11-10-2013, 20:05
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The only act they can get their claws into are the winners. Everyone else is free to go wherever they wish, assuming that they are offered contracts by other people. I do believe that these acts are not allowed to release anything for a certain period of time though, as per the contract they sign with ITV for the live shows.
Syco or any other branch of Sony still have first refusal on the top 4 or so I think. Its why many think they fixed the show for Mary to be voted off the week that Cher would have went.
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Old 11-10-2013, 20:37
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There must be some leaked online.
What is to stop the show saying that they can glean perpetual royalties on any contestant discovered through TV show.
This from a recent business report on X Factor contracts:

The extensive and detailed contract seeks to govern the behaviour of contestants as they compete and progress through the talent search as well as after the show is completed, including using vision of their performance 'in perpetuity'.

Among a straight-jacket of clauses, rules and enforceable guidelines, X Factor contestants must hand over the rights to their performances, including to be used in non-English speaking markets.
''Without limiting the foregoing in any way, the company [X Factor] shall be entitled to: dub my voice in any language.''
X Factor can also use personal information about X Factor contestants, including photographs, likenesses and biographical information, and transmit those personal details ''throughout the Universe''. Presumably this covers any TV audiences on Venus or Alpha Centauri.

Buried deep in the fine print, the contract reads, ''I hereby licence to the company all rights in the composition(s) for the full period of copyright including any renewals, reversions, revivals or extensions throughout the universe...in all media and formats throughout the Universe.''
The contract demands that these rights to the performance can be used, as well as passed to others, to exploit by all means and in all media formats, ''whether now known or hereafter invented throughout the Universe.''
In addition to appearing on the show for nothing, contestants also agree to promote it without pay for one month after it finishes screening.
They also agree to a gag clause preventing them speaking to the media without permission.
''Should I be contacted by a member of the press I hereby undertake to refer them to the company's publicity office,'' the contract states.


Contestants also agree:
to disclose any criminal offences they have committed, except driving infractions;
to sign recording and management agreements based on ''independent legal advice'' provided by one of three lawyers ''introduced by the company'';
not to perform on any other TV or radio shows without permission.
X Factor production company Fremantle Media filed the contract with the Central District Court in California as part of a bid to have a US lawsuit against it dismissed.
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Old 11-10-2013, 21:12
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This from a recent business report on X Factor contracts:

The extensive and detailed contract seeks to govern the behaviour of contestants as they compete and progress through the talent search as well as after the show is completed, including using vision of their performance 'in perpetuity'.

Among a straight-jacket of clauses, rules and enforceable guidelines, X Factor contestants must hand over the rights to their performances, including to be used in non-English speaking markets.
''Without limiting the foregoing in any way, the company [X Factor] shall be entitled to: dub my voice in any language.''
X Factor can also use personal information about X Factor contestants, including photographs, likenesses and biographical information, and transmit those personal details ''throughout the Universe''. Presumably this covers any TV audiences on Venus or Alpha Centauri.

Buried deep in the fine print, the contract reads, ''I hereby licence to the company all rights in the composition(s) for the full period of copyright including any renewals, reversions, revivals or extensions throughout the universe...in all media and formats throughout the Universe.''
The contract demands that these rights to the performance can be used, as well as passed to others, to exploit by all means and in all media formats, ''whether now known or hereafter invented throughout the Universe.''
In addition to appearing on the show for nothing, contestants also agree to promote it without pay for one month after it finishes screening.
They also agree to a gag clause preventing them speaking to the media without permission.
''Should I be contacted by a member of the press I hereby undertake to refer them to the company's publicity office,'' the contract states.


Contestants also agree:
to disclose any criminal offences they have committed, except driving infractions;
to sign recording and management agreements based on ''independent legal advice'' provided by one of three lawyers ''introduced by the company'';
not to perform on any other TV or radio shows without permission.
X Factor production company Fremantle Media filed the contract with the Central District Court in California as part of a bid to have a US lawsuit against it dismissed.
Isn't the BIB normal because TV/Satellite signals do transmit out into space due to how the tech works and technically it could be argued that the company broadcast outside of contracted territory if it didn't state that?
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