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October 10, 2012

Cover of the Rolling Stone: The Disconnect Between Public Success and Monetary Success

by John Seay, The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) In the movie Almost Famous, members of the fictional band Stillwater burst into song after learning they made the cover of Rolling Stone.[1]  Sure, Stillwater is happy because making the cover validates their existence, but it also—especially back in 1973—meant increased record sales and concert attendance, which […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Background, Entertainment Law, Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings Tagged With: Almost Famous, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Grizzly Bear, Pitchfork, revenue, Rolling Stone, Spotify, Stillwater

August 14, 2012

ReDigi and the Monetization of Your Gently Used Digital Tracks

By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Sure, it may have seemed like a good idea last night to download Snow’s 12 Inches of Snow, but what do you do the next day when buyer’s remorse sets in?  Do you delete the album entirely so that your friends don’t see it […]

Filed Under: Background, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Litigation, Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings, Uncategorized Tagged With: digital tracks, Entertainment Law, First Sale Doctrine, ReDigi, Redigi lawsuit

May 18, 2012

Artist Revenue Streams, Part 2: Understanding The Revenue Lingo

By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Part 1 of this blog posts discusses the Artist Revenue Streams project and provides   insight on monetizing activities in the music industry and its related fields.  Part 2 of this blog post provides helpful definitions of common industry terms relating to revenue. In my […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Background, Entertainment Law, Music Industry Insights Tagged With: AARC, Artist Revenue Streams Project, ASCAP, BMI, crowd-funding, digital performance royalties, Entertainment Law, Future of Music Coalition, Indiegogo, interactive service payments, Kickstarter, Mechanical royalties, pubiic performance royalties, SESAC, synch licenses, YouTube Partner Program

May 16, 2012

Artist Revenue Streams, Part 1: Understanding How to Monetize Your Craft

By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Part 1 of this blog post discusses the Artist Revenue Streams project and provides insight on monetizing activities in the music industry and its related fields.  Part 2 of this blog post provides helpful definitions of common industry terms relating to revenue. The Future […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Background, Entertainment Law, Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings Tagged With: AARC, Artist Revenue Streams Project, ASCAP, BMI, Future of Music Coalition, SESAC, SoundExchange

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