>>27296586Cover was perfectly happy to let him keep the song on his own Youtube channel and let him get all the view revenue from it. They can pretend they don't know about it, no matter how popular it got. It's not their fault this guy used their content to make his song, and it's not their fault it blew up. He even bragged about it paying off his student bills.
But when you move it to music streaming services you've moved out of hobbyist territory, and if his song gets the same amount of success there - a million plays or two - Seuss will start taking notice. They'll ask, "Hey, who participated in this? Who sang this? Who allowed you to use our IP?" Since Holobass was trying to drag Cover in as an active participant, sure, they get their share of the 'profits' - which let's be real, is not going to be more than a few thousand dollars - but they also get responsibility for it. Cover is a far juicier target to go after than a solo one-hit mixer, and the Seuss estate practically has nothing else to do but litigate and appeal forever. It's how their lawyers keep their jobs. They're happy to fight court battles even if they end in defeat - in the end they still get paid, and it sends a warning signal to other people that they take their IP seriously. Cover doesn't care about any of that. It's not like if they win the lawsuit the song is going to make even 50K. It just ties up resources and complicates their image for nothing.
So if you keep poking the conservative Japanese company to stop waffling and make a decision, what do you think you're going to get? Of course they're going to say no.
