People, a record label cannot license a song without the publisher’s consent. The publisher works for the song writer. Unless FF sold their publishing or relinquished all rights to control it (for $$$), they had to sign off on the license fee. So, either FF sold off their publishing or signed off on this deal, took a pay check and then bitched about it. Labels are generally passive in the license process – a publisher negotiates a license fee and then the label usually takes an equal fee. So something is amiss here.
People, a record label cannot license a song without the publisher’s consent. The publisher works for the song writer. Unless FF sold their publishing or relinquished all rights to control it (for $$$), they had to sign off on the license fee. So, either FF sold off their publishing or signed off on this deal, took a pay check and then bitched about it. Labels are generally passive in the license process – a publisher negotiates a license fee and then the label usually takes an equal fee. So something is amiss here.