Entertainment/Music law: I found some old reel-to-reel tapes from a deceased music star, who do they belong to?
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Answered on May 21, 2013
As the prior answers indicate, you may be the rightful owner of the physical tapes (if the person you bought them from was, in fact, the rightful...
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"I have a song that i wrote a few years back and i just heard a song that sounds like it on the radio will you take a listen
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Answered on March 25, 2013
While you may "have a case," none of us can predict whether it is a winning case.
If the matter goes to trial, you (and your team) and Drake...
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I started a biz in the U.K. in 2012 using the same business name as a person in the U.S. who has used it since 2008. Am I wrong?
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Answered on March 24, 2013
Q: How can I stop the harassment?
A: It's not the answer you want to hear, but . . . it's really quite simple: Change the name of your...
We just kicked out a guitar player in our band. He wrote the guitar melodies. Do we have to stop playing his songs?
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Answered on March 24, 2013
See my answer to the guitar play here: ...
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I just got kicked out of a band. I wrote the guitar melodies that the songs were written to. Can they stop performing the live
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Answered on March 24, 2013
If you are a co-author of the songs (by providing the melodies), then -- in the absence of an agreement to the contrary -- you are entitled to a...
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Can I print a still image from a television show in a book as an essay illustration?
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Answered on February 11, 2013
If the picture simply exemplifies the subject matter of the essay, and the essay is not about the television show in question, the publisher will...
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How much does it cost to look over a two page release form.
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Answered on February 11, 2013
Attorneys rates vary, and it can depend upon whether there is likely to be additional work for the attorney involved. That said, I think you...
Can names be patented?
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Answered on August 29, 2012
Patents are for inventions, so, NO, people's names cannot be patented. People's names are also NOT creative works that qualify for copyright...
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Can I use fabric bought at the store to make crafts to sell at a craft show in IOWA if the fabric
says licensed on the side
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Answered on August 29, 2012
No. For a detailed discussion of why this is not OK, see the answers given to the prior requests of this nature at the link below.
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Hi, I am hoping to create my own business selling art ; mostly by OWN created from an art class I took in schoolR
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Answered on August 29, 2012
See my prior answer:
http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/photoshop-legal---893803.html?answered=true
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