Did u guys notice in the liner notes for Number Ones that it states that the master is owned by Queendom. It also says that on iTunes when you go to purchase the video for the song. Any news on this? I didn't see it mentioned in any of the threads.

Who owns Queendom?

Who/what the fuck is Queendom?

ernestsewell said:

According to this site, it is a Janet Jackson company.
http://www.faqs.org/copyr...arris-3rd/

The dorm
Type of Work:
Dramatic work and accompanying music
Registration Number / Date:
PAu002716419 / 2002-12-26
Date of Creation:
2002
Title:
The dorm / by Janet Jackson, 1966-.
Description:
3 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Queendom, Inc.
Notes:
Synopsis.
Names:
Janet Jackson 1966-
Queendom, Inc.

Read more: http://www.faqs.org/copyr...z0ZbbaE4FL
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FrenchGuy said:

it's probably her incoperation, like Boy Toy Inc. To avoid self employment taxes Coperations are set up and than the star is given a pay check through it.

Is this Janet's copyright company?

midiscover said:

no that's BlackDoll

ehuffnsd said:

BlackDoll is her record label not copyright company.

Yes, the work she has been doing with Jimmy & Terry and Rodney is all self-financed, so she will own the masters.

midiscover said:

No, BlackDoll is NOT her record label. It is her music publishing copyright company.

daPrettyman said:

That's right. BlackDoll is not a label.

daPrettyman said:

Does she own all her songs under BlackDoll?

midiscover said:

she owns both the Publishing and writing rights to her songs under blackdoll.

when you write a song the publishers and the writers get money.

so like Michael was getting 50% of Beatles royalities as the publisher and than the Estate of Lenon and Paul were getting 50% as writers.


that's why writers have publishing companies Blackdoll is probably a subsidiary of Queendom

midiscover said:

You have a RECORD COMPANY and a PUBLISHING COMPANY mixed up.

RECORD COMPANY deals with the recording itself. While the PUBLISHING handles the actual song. Therefore if someone records a Janet song she has written, Janet will get paid for it.

daPrettyman said:

No, I understand now. I just thought Black Doll was her own record company because I remember some fans suggesting she go independent under her own label BlackDoll. Anyways, nice to know she has her own publishing company.

midiscover said:

she has i think since at least Control though i wanna say it was originally called BlackIce, it's industry standard. Madge has Webo Girl, Prince had Ecnirp than Controversy Music and now Emancipation Music, Michael has MiJac, JJ and TL own Flyte Tyme, and on and on

midiscover said:

Wait... you've been a Janet fan how long and you didn't know she had a publishing company and that it was named BLACK DOLL!?!




































































You need to get your Janeducation on boy!
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And yeah Queendom is owned by Janet since she co-wrote it and co-produced it.

Why at that site, the files for NASTY and YOU CAN BE MINE leave Janet out?

On the Cd she's in the credits.

tritoncin said:

tritoncin said:

It's under Flyte Tyme Tunes

Timmy84 said:

I didn't know whether Black Doll was a recording company or publishing company

I'm still her #1 fan

tritoncin said:

cause she was added to the credits in later printings.

midiscover said:

Lord... You never check album liner notes?

ehuffnsd said:

BS! She wrote Nasty and You Can Be Mine.

ehuffnsd said:

That makes no sense, that she'd be on part of the credits, and not the others.

ernestsewell said:

He's bullshitting.

ernestsewell said:

it's whatever is registered with BMI or ASCAP that matters, because that determines who is paid, not the liner notes.

midiscover said:

Either way, the point of one of the questions was to know who owned Queendom, and that's been answered. If Janet owns her more recent masters, good for her. She should have went Indie for Discipline and stayed that way.