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May 8, 2014

Casting a Net: Podcasts, Webcasts, and the Licensing Regime

So you want to start a music podcast.  Or, maybe a music webcast.  Regardless of which format you choose, you’ll need to acquaint yourself with copyright law and licensing.  But how easy it is to license the content you desire varies greatly on whether you opt for a podcast, where users download your episodes (much […]

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April 15, 2014

6th Annual Sean Costello Memorial Concert This Saturday

The 6th Annual Sean Costello Memorial Concert is this Saturday, April 19, 2014, at Northside Tavern. Proceeds from the event benefit bipolar research. This year is particularly special, as it was recently announced that Sean Costello will be posthumously inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Quite an honor, and much deserved. More information […]

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March 29, 2014

A Google Analytics Snapshot of The Seay Firm Website

Here’s a Google analytics snapshot for you – since Jan. 1, 2014, this website has had visits from nearly 5,000 unique visitors, most of which came from Atlanta, New York, and Los Angeles, in descending order of most visits.  The most visits, as has been the case ever since I posted them, were for my articles […]

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March 24, 2014

Can Musicians Benefit From Bitcoin?

By: Olivia Clark, Georgia State University College of Law The following is a guest blog post from Olivia Clark, a former merit scholarship pre-professional dancer with Atlanta Ballet, who has recently performed with Crossover Movement Arts.  She has two BAs, one in English and the other in Italian, from the University of Georgia, and is […]

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