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July 11, 2014

John Seay to Present at The Strategy Sessions Event

This Sunday, July 13, 2014, Atlanta entertainment lawyer and founder of The Seay Firm LLC, John Seay, will present at The Strategy Sessions in Atlanta, GA. The Strategy Sessions is a full-day event, but John will be presenting in the afternoon. The event is described as, “A full day of hands-on branding, in-depth social marketing, […]

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June 24, 2014

Can You Copyright a Character?

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 […]

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February 4, 2014

Owning Your Story: Legal Aspects of Self-Publishing

By: Olivia Clark, Georgia State University College of Law, and John Seay Self-publishing your book or ebook via websites like Amazon, CreateSpace, or Lulu can provide much more immediate results than sending manuscript after manuscript to traditional publishers.  However, when you self-publish you are sacrificing the legal counsel that is part of a traditional publisher’s […]

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August 6, 2013

The Seay Firm at Birmingham’s Secret Stages

by John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Last weekend I travelled to my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, to provide a free legal clinic to bands performing at the Secret Stages music festival. I’ve been a supporter of Secret Stages since its inception in 2011, but this year I was especially excited […]

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