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09.49: Young: The first agreement, it was three musicians, the second agreement was concluded exclusively with Tobias and they discussed various possibilities, but if you think about the recording process so I am not expert in that part.
09.48: Would it have been possible to conclude agreements with Tobias if it had finnits other upphovsrättsmän?
09.46: it is Now possible trial in to explain Forges two companies and the owners who are in the companies. And Young explains that Tobias was the sole shareholder of the toe of the companies. And that ownership belongs to Tobias.
09.43: Young: Since november 2012.
09.42: Söderlund Björk: Since when have you been an advisor to Tobias?
09.42: Young: When it comes to the legal person about the copyright law, the risks are quite small, you get a pre-payment. But when it comes to live performances and promotion products so it is completely different. Live so concluded agreement between the artist and those who arrange live performances. You have an obligation to behave a certain date at a certain location. If you do not complete the agreement, you can be financially liable for the losses.And when it comes to promotion products as companies pay often of an advance and usually the money is used to offset the losses from the live performances. And it advance is it återbetalningsplikt on. And when the period has expired, you get to pay back the sum by the artist himself. The artist has sole responsibility for it.
09.35. Söderlund Björk: What risks to take Tobias in its business practices?
09.34: Young. It depends on the circumstances, if there is discontent in the group, you can negotiate for another payment but if you are on a very successful gig so can management agree with hired musicians. You make an agreement on additional compensation or a bonus.
09.30. Söderlund Björk: bonus is Based on revenue and income in the end of the year?
09.28: Young: in the Past year was the revenue from live performances and marknadsföringsprodukterna very modest so it went with loss so Tobias had to rely on income from recordings. The first time that Tobias had any significant compensation from the live-performance was in 2017. In order to calm down the discontent with the hired musicians are also negotiating with additional compensation.
Young questions if Tobias got paid.
(All questions and answers are made in both Swedish and English and some questions and answers are repeated so that it will be as accurately translated as possible. It makes that the update will be a bit sparser now and then).
09.25. Young: I knew about this duty to pay their monthly fees, it was what I knew.
09.25: Söderlund Björk: Would you set aside money that would go to the musicians?
09.24: Young: No.
09.24: Söderlund Björk: Had someone else in the band, no meeting with you?
09.23. Young: No. It can happen that I met them “back stage”.
09.23. Söderlund Björk: did you Know who the other musicians were?
09.19: Young: I had no detailed information is available with the musicians so I had no reason to see them as anything other than hired musicians.
09.17: Söderlund Björk: it Hit you any time that the musicians were equally involved as Tobias?
09.16: Young: We got monthly invoices as approved by the management and we paid.
09.12: Young: When it comes to live performances, so this is often that they shall receive a fixed compensation per performance. When a band doing many tours so it works very well but when the band does not occur so much so it doesn't work so good so the question is how to pay the musicians who appear, not so much. How can you prevent the they don't go to any band, therefore, you pay a månadssumma. It means engagemangsarvode, you pay a fixed monthly amount.
09.11: Söderlund Björk: Can you explain how the purpose was to pay engagemangsarvode in the industry?
09.09: Young explains how the copyright must be followed and how he works with these questions:
“When it comes to the Ghost, it was Tobias who wrote in but when it came to appearances it would be legal persons. And operations in the united states avtalsspöts with a us legal company. If it benefits the economy as they are made from the legal person as a salary. Live performances and market products without the united states so it was made by a company in England”.
09.06: Young: I am a chartered accountant in England and Wales, and has worked in the music industry for 25 years. I have a company in London and I am specialized in the music industry and I represent over 200 artists. I have 60 employees.
09.05: Ann-Charlotte Söderlund Björk (Tobias Forges lawyer) initiating the interview: briefly Describe your experience in the industry.
09.04: Collin Young, economic advisor to Tobias Forge, has been called as the first witness.
09.02. Today there is an interpreter on site, but the presiding judge requires that all questions and answers shall be translated into Swedish.
09.00: All is in place and day, number five may just start.
At 08.58: The four who have filed a lawsuit against Tobias Forge stands outside the room three together with lawyer Michael Berg and waiting to get in. Tobias Forge has throughout the trial, decided to take a different entrance, at the side of the. It is up to each one how they themselves want to do. I have not yet seen the Forge but he should be on the site again today after yesterday's London concert.
