The actress may have been playing demure, but in the 1940s De Havilland took on the whole ingrained, oppressive studio system. Talk about a plantation. Sam Goldwyn were their arrogant, often destructive masters. The resulting labor code, often called the De Havilland Law, freed actors from longtime mandatory ties with one studio. She claims that the major labels have a stranglehold on artists, making them accept standard industry conditions that are patently unfair.
Love is great with the sound bites.
Her suit presents the whole sad story of the evolution, through various purchasers, of Geffen Records. Love says that's why Hole signed with Geffen, despite more lucrative offers. However, Geffen sold the label to MCA, which was later bought by the Canadian company Seagram, which was in turn swallowed up by Vivendi, a French corporation involved in waste management. Jean Valjean and the Enslaved Prince From Scarlett O'Hara to Jean Valjean. Love is hardly the first rock star to try to break her chains.