By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) This is the second part of a two-part series discussing Section 203 Terminations of Transfers. The first part summarizes Section 203, and the second part discusses proper Section 203 notice. Although both parts of the article focus on transfers of music copyrights, note that […]
Back To The Future, Part 1: Terminating Transfers of Copyright Under Section 203
By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) This is the first part of a two-part series discussing Section 203 Termination of Transfers. The first part summarizes Section 203, and the second part discusses proper Section 203 notice. Although both parts of the article focus on transfers of music copyrights, note that […]
Don’t Do A Daughtry: Why Your Band Should Have a Band Partnership Agreement
By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) On April 5, 2012, former members of the band Absent Element filed a lawsuit in North Carolina Superior Court alleging that their former singer defrauded them out of thousands of dollars of royalties for four songs they claim they wrote as a group. What […]
Biting the Bullet: How to Register A Copyright
This article will help answer the question of how to register a copyright. As you may recall from the last update to this blog, there are basically three main benefits to registration: (1) it creates a presumption of ownership and validity, so long as you register within five years of the date on which you release […]