- This determines a label or not exactly how?
- Nowhere is a logo a requirement of a brand or a trademark. A logo can be a brand or trademark, but a brand and trademark can exist with no logo or image.
- This would be a wrong assumption, as that is not the name of the genre. The genre is explicitly referenced by him along with its origins. And again, this determines a label or not a label how?
- Most of it, yes, RonC is involved in. Again, this determines a label or not a label how exactly?
- Copyright and label name are not the same thing. So this determines a label or not a label how exactly?
I agree you could make a case for self-released, although since there is a real company name behind it, using that makes even more sense. Again, please refer to the definition of what a record label is. Then, please point out where it states that there is a logo requirement, where it says that the owner cannot be the primary artist, etc. All of the points you make are valid points, but none determine whether something is or is not a label. Ron C is the primary, and owner of the company(s). The Chopstars is a name used for a collaboration of a group of DJs under it. Chop Not Slop Ent is the name.
The main issue I have with this is simple…A logo is NOT A FACTOR in the determination of what is a brand and/or trademark. Period. This is stated absolutely nowhere that such a thing is a requirement. I have outlined quite specifically what a label is, by its very own English language definition. It is clear it is not an imprint, but there is absolutely nothing you have provided that says it is not a label.
A record label does not need a logo. A record label does not need a web site. A record label can have 1 to many artists under it, a copyright can, but is not always the same or related to, a label name. Please provide something that says that a requirement in order to be considered a valid record label that you need a logo. Please provide something, anything, that says that in order to have a brand and/or a trademark, you need to have a logo. If this cannot be done, then there is no reason to mention a logo anymore as it relates to this.
All I have stated here is not in reference to what MB wants to see in the label section of a release, as that is already determined and has its own question on it. This is in reference as to if “Chop Not Slop” et.al. is a “record label” or not. I use et.al. because if adding Ent or a period or what ever to it makes a difference, then ok. I have already stated that name as that is the name used as the brand and is also the actual name of the company.
As pointed out above, there is no need for complications here. What is a label? What is a brand? What is a trademark? Now with those answers, tell me where there is a mismatch here?
EDIT: AllData, Spotify, iTunes, etc all list Ron C as a “label operator” among other things. I assume that in order to be a label operator, well, there needs to be a label to operate. Given that he is CEO of Chop Not Slop Ent LLC, well…