Much to the amusement of my friends, I’ve never been quick to adopt new technology. I only purchased my first so-called “smart phone” last October. And although I do keep up with changes in the music industry, and in fact consider myself progressive as far as those issues are concerned, I’m downright conservative when it […]
Crowd-Funding Galore: Understanding Funding’s Next Big Thing
By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Recently I wrote an article on the JOBS Act and crowd-funding that was the cover story for Flagpole Magazine and also featured in WELD for Birmingham. Below is a link to the article as it appeared in WELD. As usual, email me with any […]
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 […]
Back To The Future, Part 2: Serving Proper Notice Under Section 203
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 […]