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Jay Chou's court case settled, back to Sony
by kelvin@multistars - 15th June 2005The court case between Alfa Music, which Jay belongs to, and Song&BMG has been going on for over half a year, it's going to finish with a big compromise! It is estimated Jay's new Mandarin album will be out in September, he will return to Sony&BMG who will publish it. Jay and Jolin Choi will once again become part of the same company.
In the records circle there has been rumours that yesterday the high level personnel from Alfa Music and Song&BMG had a meeting, they had a sincere talk about the court case dispute over the publishing contracts of artists Jay Chou, Landy Wen, Nan Quan Mama, etc... At the end both sides agreed on a compromise? Reporters asked for verification from Alfa Music general manager Mr Yeung, he said: "Yes, the court case dispute between Alfa Music and Song&BMG, both sides have come to an agreement, we've decided for a compromise!"
Mr Yeung said: "After both sides sat down and had a good talk, the so called problems about reports, unclear accounts, the misunderstandings were explained clearly, Alfa Music was not wrong, Song&BMG were also not wrong, we are working hard in the direction of a compromise." Mr Yeung said that this time they reached a compromise, they were thinking from the position of the artists such as Jay, etc....
"Director Chou" who is popular in the whole of Asia, his record sales are very astonishing, his records sell an average of over 300,000 copies in Taiwan, for just originals he sells 3,000,000 copies in Mainland China, the international record company often sighs when looking at the reports: "The sales of only Director Chou can be of 10 artists!" Seeing as "Director Chou" is a very big money tree, in the time of the court case between Sony&BMG and Alfa Music, they weren't willing to tear their face, their final goal was a compromise, hoping to let "Director Chou" return to the team.
Mr Yeung said that Jay is busy with concerts, filming commercials, the release date of his new album may be delayed from August to September, the court case with Song&BMG will be settled earlier in June, the key being Landy Wen. "Because this album of Landy's has already been published in Taiwan, but the problem of publishing in Mainland China is imminent, that's why we sat down and had a good talk with Song&BMG, Sony&BMG have been very helpful, Jay's new album publishing, he will return."
Jay's return adds a few more hundred million to Sony&BMG's turnover of this year.