Unless you signed a contract in advance, the photographer probably owns the copyright in the image. If you paid the photographer, you may be able...

First, you need to find out from what sources he was receiving royalties. Aretha Franklin was known, mostly for her recordings on Atlantic records,...

The grant of rights you quote in your question is fairly typical in these agreements. The key is to be certain as of what date you make that grant....

It seems like you could terminate, but we can’t be certain without reading the agreement and discussing with you what happened with the holding...

They did! The question is what is your remedy. In California, you have a right to control the use of your identifying material, which includes...

This is probably too complicated a question to be well answered on this platform. You should engage a qualified local entertainment lawyer, and ask...

I'm sure the email is real, I'm sure the request for $1000 is real, but I'm pretty sure the email is not from Interscope Records, the label owned...

Here’s a link to the copyright office circular 15a which deals with the term of copyright. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf Assuming...

Assuming you can prove you wrote the song and you can prove you gave it to him, you can register a copyright and file suit. It is a very long and...

I think you'll need a very good lawyer! Vanity publishers are notorious for not paying royalties. Your contract, may provide that they don't have...