Even if you only casually follow the trials and tribulations of the modern music industry, you’ve probably seen some iteration of the following article on music streaming royalties: “My Song Got One Million Plays on Pandora and All I Got Was X Dollars.” Without question, music streaming royalties are granular.[1] But the dollar figures attached […]
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 […]
The Seay Firm Speaking at Georgia Law Event
Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer John Seay of the The Seay Firm LLC is speaking at another event – this one at a University of Georgia School of Law on February 5th. The event is for students only, but will be moderated by Bertis Downs. J. Lett (Lett LLP) and Sabina Vayner (Kilpatrick Townsend) will be speaking as […]
Paraguayan Writer Wrongfully Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison on Plagiarism Charges
By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Late last year, I was contacted by an acquaintance of mine who – knowing my background in intellectual property – wanted to tell me the story of her friend, a Paraguayan writer named Nelson Aguilera. She told me that on November 4, 2013, Mr. Aguilera was sentenced to […]