A new bands “competition” that is making entrants buy/sell at least 25 tickets for their own gig at £6 each is trying to get the rather magnificent and award winning Created in Birmingham take down their review, where they quote said terms and conditions. Here they are, courtesy oh just about everyone in Birmingham blogland:
“As you must bring with you at least 25 people to your event you must sell at least 25 tickets for each round you play. If you do not sell 25 tickets you will still be allowed to play however you will NOT progress to the next round no matter how many Surface Ratings you receive.”
After receiving what looks to be a rather ill worded and legally tenuous takedown notice, CiB reproduced the T&C in LOLspeak:
“Oh hai! For to plai at event ur ordiance can haz 25 pipple. U muzt sell 25 tikkits 4 eech gig ur in. If u can not haz cell 25 tikkits u can still haz plai but ur band will NOT go froo 2 necks rawnd no matta haw mannie Sourfice Raiteens U getz. Kthnxbai!”
If there’s nothing wrong with the T&C of the competition, why try to hide them? Or is it that the organisers don’t want the bands to know? Tsk. To quote Danny:
“I would love to see the same structure applied to a regular night were six or so unsigned band played half an hour each and split the door, giving relatively new bands a chance to cut their teeth and punters a regular night to sample a section of the local scene.“
Quite right. How often are young artists, pretty much desperate for exposure, being exploited? Is that what’s actually going on here? Do feel free to blog about this if you’ve an opinion. Links will be um, linked. That’s how it works.
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