Like many others (see below) I’m seriously unimpressed that Surface Unsigned have tried to stifle reasonable criticism made on Created in Birmingham, by threatening legal action on what appear to be spurious grounds, in order to force the removal of this extract of their contract with performers:
As you must bring with you at least 25 people to your event you must sell at least 25 tickets for each round you play. If you do not sell 25 tickets you will still be allowed to play however you will NOT progress to the next round no matter how many Surface Ratings you receive.
I hope others will support Created in Birmingham by linking to the following blog posts, and adding them to social bookmarking sites like Ma.gnolia, Digg and Delicious.
- Danny
- D’log
- Chris Unitt
- Birmingham: It’s Not Shit
- Simon Gray (and The Stirrer forum)
- Russ L
- CatherineBray
- Careless Genes
- Brendadada
- Goodfaf Central
- Si Hammond
- Pete Ashton
Update: Curiously Jay Mitchell, the person behind Surface Unsigned, is involved in another event which openly advertsies similar conditions.
Tags: Birmingham, birminghamuk, copyright, legal, surface, surface unsigned, unsigned, upyerbrum
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