You can play the songs as much as you want, wherever you want, if the guitar player is a member of ASCAP, BMI or SESAC, and he/she registered the...

Do artists report as income the money that their talent managers spend on them , or do managers deduct it a business expense?

If one of my clients had a manager who bought my client a home with the manager's money, I would immediately counsel my client to fire the manager....

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Do I have full control over the songs I wrote after the band broke up?

GET IT IN WRITING! I can't tell you how many times a fact pattern like this has come across my desk. If you created the music and lyrics, and...

Fair Use?

The legal construct is that you did infringe. But your use is fair. The owner proves you had access to her work and your work is substantially...

How do I research Entertainment Lawyers? specifically need someone that can help us through a contract with a record label.

Ken Abdo is your man. Look him up.

We have a ITunes juke box which has all the legal coverage of music to be played

I represent several digital jukebox companies. You need a license for the recording from the record label. Your iTunes purchase does not...

Do I need a entertainment lawyer to affiliate with a music publisher?

No you don't. The publisher should issue your record company a mechanical license for the right to reproduce the son on CDs and for downloads....

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The copyright in the image is typically owned by the photographer. The model, unless he or she signed a release, has a right to control the...

This is a question of "fair use" which must be analyzed on a case by case basis. The construct of a fair use defense is that the owner of the...

Clearly, the version you are creating is based on, or derived from, the original recording. As such, the right to create that derivative work is a...