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Legal advice on white labels

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Hello there


I want to start yet another hand-stamped white label run, which will become a label eventually.

I'm wondering if i have to register as a corporation or something.

Assuming you have a distribution deal already, and since it's underground house/techno music, does anyone care of how legal it is ?



Any tips ?


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Does the distribution company that you're working with accept to work with you as a private person?
Maybe I don't understand your question.
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i don't work with any at the moment,

do you think distributors would accept to work with private persons ?
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Cheaper wrote:do you think distributors would accept to work with private persons ?
Why wouldn't they?
Cheaper wrote:does anyone care of how legal it is ?
Seeing how many wls/bootlegs there are, i don't think anyone gives a damn.
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breton wrote:
Cheaper wrote:do you think distributors would accept to work with private persons ?
Why wouldn't they?
Well, those 2 German ones I've dealt with required that you were a company and not a private person.
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ok thx
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you are talking about how 'legal' it is... Do you refer to if you're using not-cleared samples in the music or?
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there are only two things which can be illegal when you press vinyls

1. you use not cleared-samples, or stuff you dont have the copyright for.

2. you dont pay taxes for the earnings you make.

other than that i dont see anything which can be illegal. also a company in germany cant tell the difference if you are a one man company or a private person, they dont have insight into company laws form every country in europe.
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