For now, we can rejoice. The Federal District Court in Los Angeles recently ruled that artists can, in some circumstances, terminate the transfers of copyright that they may have executed in favor of record labels or publishing companies some 35 years ago. As you may recall, I discussed Section 203 terminations of transfers here and […]
How Do Bands Make Money: Survey Identifies Band Behaviors
How do bands make money? United Kingdom-based Right Chord Music recently released the results of a small, 200-participant survey of mostly independent musicians. According to the survey, 75% of the participants were unsigned independent musicians. Based on that fact and some of the other numbers from the survey, we can conclude that the musicians answering the […]
The Seay Firm LLC at Protect Athens Music Conference in Athens
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013, John Seay, attorney and founder of The Seay Firm LLC, was a panelist at the Protect Athens Music Conference in Athens, Georgia. The event was held at The Melting Point. John was on the first panel of the day, where alongside three of his colleagues he discussed the practice of […]