Event / Concert AKB48 53rd Single Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo (2018/06/16)

If they leave and don't stay with Yoshimoto. Although there's reason to believe that ban isn't enforceable.

 

There's only Rola's lawsuit so far to say that. I hope that draconian clause is conclusively struck down, 2 years out of the business can be a career-killer.

 

You forgot Koisuru Ribbon, from HKT's Kiss wa Matsushikanai no Deshouka.

Senbatsu chosen by Shige, lyrics by Boss, composed by Eretan. Only thing Aki-P did was approve it to go on the single.

 

There's also an SKE song written by Sato Mieko, "Bokura no Kizuna", but I'm not sure if Aki-P did the lyrics or if she did.
I could've sworn Takamina and Sayanee also did some lyrics for AKB/NMB singles/albums, but I might be remembering wrong.

As far as Koi suru Ribbon...I thought the lyrics couldn't have been penned by Aki-P Glad to have that mystery cleared up!

 

Sayanee is the composer of Ima Naraba, a SayaMilky duet. Aki-p is still the lyricist tho.

 

Why do you say this? What makes a work uniquely aki pig?

 

The sentence composition was more simple than usual and the content just seemed like a younger person wrote it. Even at his most simple Aki-P writes a little more cleverly than that. Not knocking the Ribbon lyrics, I just think Aki-P's incapable of turning it down a level at this point.

 

Since February this year, the '2-year-ban-in-entertainment' has been lifted out so NMB's 3rd gen draftees and upcoming 6th gen kks will not have this ridiculous law again. Also, for those who had signed the previous contract, they can consulate with management to cancel the clause.

 

Where's milky then?

 

I think non-compete clauses are generally unenforceable in Japan anyway -- meaning the contract may validly contain such a restrictive provision but a party cannot force the other party to abide by it. Unless the transferring person possesses some sort of trade secret which is not the case for the 48girls.

 

But this is Japan. They have a different culture. Suzuki Ami was blacklisted from the industry for suing her label. Many idols have been blacklisted because of their issues with their agency.

While the legality of it is questionable, it's certainly enforceable

 

She sacrificed herself so she could team up with Bunshun to fight against Yoshimoto

 

I think blacklisting is different from enforcing a contract clause. And I only talked about the non-compete contract clause, not what seems to be the practice in the industry where music companies agree among themselves not to employ a blacklisted employee. Enforcing a non-compete clause just means a company hired/wants to hire a former employee of another company and then the former company tries to void the hiring by enforcing the non-compete clause. I think the issues we hear about are that an employee that left cannot be hired by another or any other company.

So I think it's not that a person can't work for another company, it's that the other company (or any other company) doesn't hire that employee. I think it's to keep "power" with the music companies and not the performers. For example it's unheard of to "pirate" a singer from one company by simply offering more. Also, culture will impact what the practice is, not what the law is. The general law has a provision that says every person is free to choose his occupation and another general provision that says no person shall intervene in the employment of others.

Well someone else that knows about this topic specifically can correct me but that's what I think/know about non-compete clauses.

 

Non-compete clauses are originally meant to protect Intellectual Property. And make sense, mostly, in that capacity. Look into the story of the Bratz dolls and Matel. There is an interesting, yet twisted, example of non-compete clauses.

Where it makes no sense, except to greedy as CEOs and Boardmembers, is applying it to entertainers.

 

Lol, we got sidetracked by this non-compete clause. I think the principle is the same everywhere. Because a contract is a private agreement between two parties, the law generally doesn't interfere with provisions that are not illegal. But because a non-compete clause usually conflicts with general principles such as the right to choose your employment -- a provision like that will not be enforced by courts because of public policy. It is almost always enforceable if it is to protect proprietary information or if the employment is confidential in nature (ex. private secretary of CEO), none of which applies in the kind of employment we're talking about.

On topic: my cds from cd japan finally arrived haha. So much for the voting tickets although this is the first time shipping has been delayed this long -- and my method is airmail not sal.

 

Anyone can help me, where i can find speech member translation sekai Senbatsu sousenkyo? Because i want to know what they say...

 

Will there be a mizugi surprise pb like last year?

 

Which member's speech are you looking for? Some links were already posted before and you can also try checking that specific member's thread.