HTMRfan wrote: Could you please explain the licensing agreement with JPU. How is it possible that the band receives no revenue from sales of the international version. Are you talking about royalties?

HTMRfan wrote: I would think that the license is an agreement between Victor/her and JPU that allows JPU to legally manufacture and distribute SCANDAL branded merchandise (as opposed to bootleg copies). Maybe a flat fee, maybe a per-unit fee, or possibly a combination. Since JPU is responsible for the actual production and distribution costs of this merchandise, they make their profit from selling the merchandise, after paying for the up-front expenses. I don't see how royalties can be excluded from this process - JASRAC would still be able to collect per-sale royalties from JPU's profits, just like they collect per-head royalties from live events (foreign and domestic) or per-play royalties from radio/streaming services (foreign or domestic).



P.S. - this is RandomErrer from Reddit

Tom from JPU here. We have the same deal for all of our acts, and they all get royalties based on sales, plus an advance (which is basically saying we promise we will make £xxxx amount of sales, so here's that much sales right now. It's basically a guarantee).Also JASRAC has nothing to do with license deals. That's music publishing and a different industry from licensing. They collect money separately and will collect it from whoever prints or distributes the music, whether it's JPU, Victor or someone else. So although it's not part of a license deal, it still has to be paid by law and doesn't go to any label.Also, my first post and it's about contracts / legals stuff! Sorry about that..Anyway, hope you guys will enjoy the international releases.It's all based per sale! So if we sell one copy, we lose a lot of money but the band and Victor still get their royalty for the sale.As for JASRAC, that's an additional way the band makes money. For recorded music JASRAC collect based on how many units are manufactured, and per download / stream for digital. We're not allowed to make a CD until we pay JASRAC for each unit we plan to make.