Quote (eboyd)
Dude, you don't understand. The artist doesn't own the music he makes, the label does. If an artist were to leak his album and he got caught the label would sue him. Same scenario if an artist tries to post one of their songs on YouTube or MySpace without label permission. Let's say you are signed to UMG. If you make a song while under their contract and put one of your songs up (even if you made it before you signed by the rules of certain contracts) without asking permission first, it will get taken down and you run the risk of the label suing you.
thanks, after that i now hate most major record labels