Croatia Records: Difference between revisions

After the transition from [[socialist state]] to [[parliamentary democracy]] in 1989, the question of Croatia's [[self-determination]] from Yugoslavia was raised. In 1991, shortly before the declaration of [[Croatian War of Independence|Croatian independence]] and the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]], the company's name [[Jugoton]], a [[portmanteau word]] of ''Jugoslavija'' (Yugoslavia) and ''tone'', was changed to Croatia Records. Parallelly, the major labels in [[Serbia]] and [[Slovenia]] such as [[PGP RTB]] and [[ZKP RTLJ]] were renamed to [[PGP-RTS]] and [[ZKP RTVS]] respectively. The company was inherited by the now-[[independent state|independent]] [[Republic of Croatia]] and since the previous economic system was abandoned, it was [[privatization|privatized]]. Since the year of 2000, Croatia Records is managed by professionals from the [[music industry]] joined in the partnership company called [http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/osnovniPodaci/view?claId=24916524&rfrshparam=1222595682146 AUTOR d.o.o.] ([[limited company]]).<ref>http://www.poslovni.hr/63664.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.burza.hr/poslovni_subjekti/subjekt/12190/?PHPSESSID=</ref><ref>http://www.hr/wwwhr/arts/music/business/index.en.html</ref> In 2001, the musician [[Miroslav Škoro]] became the leader of Croatia Records, until his [[resignation]] in 2006.<ref>[[24 sata (Croatia)|24 Sata]] newspaper, July 30, 2006: [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:ic5tXsJUODEJ:damp.nsk.hr/arhiva/vol1/880/9550/www.24sata.hr/articles/view/29967/index.html+24sata.hr/articles/view/29967/index.html]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Google cache version) {{hrin iconlang|hr}}</ref>

Croatia Records has been the object of a controversy raised by singer [[Branimir Štulić]] over [[Royalties|royalty]] rights. Štulić claims royalties of songs by former rock band [[Azra]], whose lead singer and songwriter he was in the 1980s, and which was then managed by Croatia Record's predecessor Jugoton. Štulić has named a sum of 12 million [[Euro]]s he believes the company owes him but has not opted to take legal action to claim it.<ref>[[Slobodna Dalmacija]], March 29, 2008: {{cite web |url=http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2182/Default.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-03-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402003800/http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2182/Default.aspx |archivedate=2008-04-02 |language=hr}}</ref> Želimir Babogredac replied that Croatia Records has all the legal rights to release titles by Štulić and Azra, as the company is a direct successor of Jugoton, whom these artists were signed for. He also said that the sum Štulić claims is exaggerated. However, he added that Croatia Records is proud to have the highly acclaimed Štulić in the list of its artists and that he may receive a payment from the sale of [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|audio CD]]s only if he joins the [[Croatian Composers' Society]] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223230405/http://www.zamp.hr/home/home_en.htm ZAMP].<ref>[[Slobodna Dalmacija]], April 5, 2008:[http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektakli/tabid/79/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2992/Default.aspx] {{hrin iconlang|hr}}</ref>