by argoodlw | May 15, 2013 | Copyright, Entertainment, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Internet, Legal Resources, Licensing, Music, Public Performance Rights, Royalties
The Right to Publicly Perform is the fourth part in our series on what makes a Copyright. The prior three rights reviewed are linked below for you to get up to speed. To refresh, the six parts of copyright are: The right to reproduce the copyrighted work The right...
by argoodlw | Apr 4, 2013 | Copyright, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Licensing, Music, Register, Royalties
The sheer act of creating an original piece of art makes it yours and yours alone. That unique beat, the words to a song, steps to a dance, or outline to a TV pilot: It’s your intellectual property. This property, like real estate or a bank account, holds value and...
by argoodlw | Jan 25, 2013 | Copyright, Entertainment, Entertainment Law, Licensing, Music, Royalties
For those of you in the right demographic, you may recall a sketch comedy show that aired on MTV in the early 1990’s, “The State.” This critically acclaimed, but commercially unsuccessful, production featured many skits that featured popular music to construct its...
