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August 3, 2018

What We Talk About When We Talk About Fair Use

What does a fair use trial take? Sometimes, a whole lot of grit. Credit: The New York Public Library, New York. The New York Public Library Digital Collections https://digitalcollections.nypl.org Every conversation I have with clients about fair use is really a conversation about their tolerance for risk. Instead of a definitive set of black and white […]

Filed Under: Copyright, Fair Use, Licensing, Uncategorized Tagged With: Copyright, Copyright Act, Copyright Infringement, Fair Use, licensing

September 19, 2016

Paid In Full: How to Collect Royalty Payments

Below is the full text of an article that was broken up and initially published on Immersive ATL. You recorded an album and released it online. Now you just sit back and wait for the checks to roll in, right? If only it were that easy. Last year, a Berklee College of Music report found […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Exclusive Rights, Licensing, Public Performance Right, Sound Recording, SoundExchange, Uncategorized Tagged With: AdRev, artist revenue streams, ASCAP, Audiam, BMI, CDBaby, digital performance royalties, Harry Fox, IndMusic, Marmoset, mechanical license, music streaming, performance rights organization, Public performance royalties, SESAC, SiriusXM, SoundExchange, Soundstripe, Spotify, TuneCore, YouTube

April 26, 2016

How to Start a Record Label

I field a fair number of calls from people who, despite what they’ve read about the decline of the recorded music industry, want to know how to start a record label. As it turns out, starting a record label is not too complicated; the hard part is figuring out how to make it a financially […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Incorporation, Licensing, Record Labels, SoundExchange Tagged With: ASCAP, atlanta entertainment lawyer, BMI, Digital Distributor, digital performance royalties, EIN, Entertainment Law, Incorporation, LLC, performance royalty organization, Publishing Admin, record labels, S-Corp, SESAC, SoundExchange

March 18, 2015

The Seay Firm at Slingshot Festival

John Seay of The Seay Firm will be a panelist at the First Annual Music & Technology Conference. The event is presented by the UGA Journal of Intellectual Property law and sponsored by the University of Georgia School of Law and the Slingshot Festival in Athens, Georgia. The event is Friday, March 27, 2015, at the […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Background, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Licensing, Music Industry Insights, Music Streaming Services, Sound Recording, Spotify Tagged With: Georgia Law, Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Morton Theatre, Slingshot Festival

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