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July 7, 2016

Paid in Full 01: The Basics

I was recently asked to contribute a series of articles on artist revenue streams to Immersive Atlanta. What follows is the first installment of that series. And here is a link to the article as posted on the Immersive Atlanta site. PAID IN FULL is a new limited weekly series written by Atlanta entertainment lawyer […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Exclusive Rights, Music Streaming Services, Public Performance Right, Sound Recording, SoundExchange, Spotify Tagged With: artist revenue streams, Copyright, digital performance royalties, music streaming, public performance, Public performance royalties, revenue streams

April 6, 2016

What You Should Know About Fair Use

by Nikki Leung, Emory Law Class of 2016 For as long as a copyright is valid, only the copyright owner and those authorized by the copyright owner may reproduce, distribute, perform, display, broadcast, or create a derivative work based on the protected work.[1] Granting those exclusive rights to creators, at least in theory, also serves […]

Filed Under: Copyright, Exclusive Rights, Fair Use Tagged With: Copyright, Fair Use, parody, the exclusive rights, transformative use

March 3, 2016

What You Should Know About Digital Millennium Copyright Act Takedowns

by Nikki Leung, Emory Law Class of 2016 For some content creators, the digital era is a dream come true. The low-to-non-existent cost of publishing and distributing content means that virtually anyone can create and then monetize their work. But, the increasingly digital nature of our media consumption comes with a darker side. As the […]

Filed Under: Copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Fair Use Tagged With: Copyright, Copyright Infringement, counternotice, digital millennium copyright act, DMCA, Fair Use, notice and takedown

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 […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Copyrighting Characters, Entertainment Law, Litigation Tagged With: Anderson v. Stallone, atlanta entertainment lawyer, character, Copyright, Copyright Act, Copyright Registration, derivative works, entertainment attorney, Entertainment Law, Klinger v. Doyle, Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp., Rocky, Section 102(6), Sherlock Holmes

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