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October 24, 2013

The Seay Firm Contributes Article to Copywrite

John Seay, founder of The Seay Firm LLC, recently contributed an article to the Fall 2013 edition of Copywrite, the newsletter for the State Bar of Georgia Entertainment and Sports Law Section.  The article, which you can download and read here, discusses recent attempts by Pandora to effectively lower the amount of royalties they pay […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Background, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings, Public Performance Right Tagged With: ASCAP, atlanta entertainment lawyer, BMI, digital performance royalties, Entertainment Law, John Seay, Pandora, Public performance royalties, SESAC, SoundExchange, The Seay Firm

March 5, 2013

Why Pandora Wants to Pay Less and What It Means for Licensing Reform

By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) On September 21, 2012, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) introduced H.R. 6480, better known as the Internet Radio Fairness Act (IRFA). If passed, IRFA would drastically reduce the amount of royalties that webcasters like Pandora pay to owners of sound recordings by directing the Copyright […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Background, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings, Public Performance Right Tagged With: ASCAP, BMI, digital performance royalties, Pandora, Public performance royalties, SESAC, SiriusXM, SoundExchange, Spotify

November 25, 2012

Flagpole Magazine Publishes John Seay’s Article on Artist Revenue Streams

By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Last week, Flagpole Magazine, the independent alt-weekly of Athens, Ga., published an article written by John Seay.  The article discusses a handful of quick ways in which artists can make a few extra bucks, and is reprinted–with permission–in full below. Alms for the Poor: […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings, Public Performance Right, YouTube Partner Program Tagged With: Alliance of Artists and Record Companies, ASCAP, BMI, digital performance royalties, Future of Music Coalition, Public performance royalties, SESAC, SoundExchange, YouTube Partner Program

May 18, 2012

Artist Revenue Streams, Part 2: Understanding The Revenue Lingo

By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Part 1 of this blog posts 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. In my […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Background, Entertainment Law, Music Industry Insights Tagged With: AARC, Artist Revenue Streams Project, ASCAP, BMI, crowd-funding, digital performance royalties, Entertainment Law, Future of Music Coalition, Indiegogo, interactive service payments, Kickstarter, Mechanical royalties, pubiic performance royalties, SESAC, synch licenses, YouTube Partner Program

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