Ke$ha

[narm]

Me too. I wasn't a huge fan of hers or anything but she's been through way too much. I think it's awful.

[Witchie]

Can she appeal the ruling or is this it?

[SApril]

Feb 22, 2016 9:51:32 GMT -4 Witchie said:

Can she appeal the ruling or is this it?

This is it, I think. But from everywhere I read, the ruling was expected and in line with previous cases/laws. But the day of the ruling, Sony relented and said Kesha can record without Dr. Luke. It was her attorney who said that was nice and all, but there was no guarantee that Sony would promote it. And in that long ONTD link, a producer close to Kesha confirmed Sony's switcharoo, and that Kesha is ok and can move forward and make music. And implied Sony would support her now, but only because of all the attention.

[fabrichnova]

Some very high-profile producers are publicly offering to help Kesha make new music.

Both Zedd and Jack Antonoff have written some monster hits of themselves, and Kesha's music has always been about Top 40 appeal, so these guys could certainly help her in that regard.

It's interesting to me that Dr. Luke Tweeted about Kesha denying, in 2011, during *another* lawsuit that she had been drugged and assaulted by him. To me, that testimony from 2011 only adds credibility to Kesha's allegations rather than makes me think she's lying now to get out of her contract.

It's clear that something happened for it to have been brought up in court as far back as five years ago. It's completely plausible to me that she would have lied under oath back then and denied anything happened for fear of the repercussions while her career was at its peak.

[hellsbells]

I hope Sony stands by that. It sucks. Whatever legalese reason for the ruling, it sucks that someone would have to be made beholden to someone who physcially assaulted her. SO creepy.

I hope Sony does the right thing by her and doesn't make her work with him ever again.

[Witchie]

There's a lawyer on my Tumblr dash. She was posting over the weekend about contract law and how the ruling was sound. Unfortunate for Kesha, but supported by legal statues.

[SApril]

Feb 22, 2016 23:31:03 GMT -4 Witchie said:

There's a lawyer on my Tumblr dash. She was posting over the weekend about contract law and how the ruling was sound. Unfortunate for Kesha, but supported by legal statues.

Yeah, some of the commentators for this Jezebel article are side eyeing the tone and inaccurate reporting of this case. This is the top comment:

The Court is NOT on Dr. Luke’s “side.” The Judge merely applied the law to the facts. As an attorney one of the hardest things to deal with are bad facts. They are what they are and we do our best to construe them most favorably to our clients but ultimately Judges have no discretion to choose a “side” they like. It’s about the interpretation and application of existing law. If you don’t like it, talk to your state representatives. But let’s stop with the bashing of the Judge and Court. Her ruling was not wrong. Also note the ruling was in response to an injunction request, which are notoriously difficult to obtain.

[Hamatron]

Yep. It's the precedent that is the problem. Corporations and their money rule over individual safety.

[discoprincess]

Feb 23, 2016 22:23:01 GMT -4 Hamatron said:

Yep. It's the precedent that is the problem. Corporations and their money rule over individual safety.

*cough*Hobby Lobby*cough*

In one of my class readings, someone (I can't remember who) said that an employee really gives up one's rights once one steps into the workplace. Think about how true that is. Freedom of speech? Nope. There are some exceptions - e.g. if you are unionized and the employer does something in violation of the contract, or the employer does something that is an EEOC violation (but get ready for a fight if the employee were to file a complaint).

[danadel]

Exactly. And in some states (Virginia) they can fire you for absolutely any reason they want. (Some exceptions, but they'd just say work performance probably )