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July 2, 2014

Second Installment of The Seay Firm’s Working Title Playwrights Newsletter Q&A

This week, the 2nd installment of The Seay Firm’s Working Title Playwrights newsletter Q&A was sent out.  This installment discusses some major issues relevant to not only writers, but artists of all kinds.  Joint works, licenses for third-party content, fair use, and copyright infringement all are discussed.  Read the full article here and below. More Common Questions […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Background, Copyright, Elements of Copyright Infringement, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Joint Works, Licensing, Litigation, Theater, Working Title Playwrights Tagged With: artists, Atlanta Entertainment Attorney, atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright Infringement, entertainment attorney, Entertainment Law, entertainment lawyer, Fair Use, joint works, The Seay Firm, third-party licenses, working title playwights

February 4, 2014

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 […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Cease and Desist, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Publishing Law, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Amazon, atlanta entertainment lawyer, book, cease and desist, Copyright, Copyright Registration, CreateSpace, digital millennium copyright act, ebook, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Lulu, notice and takedown, public domain, publish, self-publishing

August 6, 2013

The Seay Firm at Birmingham’s Secret Stages

by John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Last weekend I travelled to my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, to provide a free legal clinic to bands performing at the Secret Stages music festival. I’ve been a supporter of Secret Stages since its inception in 2011, but this year I was especially excited […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Background, Band Partnership Agreements, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Forming a Band, Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings, Public Performance Right Tagged With: ADAM ADAM, Adam Guthrie, Adron, Amasa Hines, artist compensation, band agreements, Banditos, Belle Adair, Best of 2013, Bit Brigade, Colossal Gospel, Copyright Registration, Dawes, Dead Confederate, Deer Tick, Diamond Rugs, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Fly Golden Eagle, Gringo Star, Holy Youth, Lazer/Wulf, Looksy, Maria Taylor, Muscle Shoals, New Madrid, performance royalty organization, publishing companies, Secret Stages, T. Hardy Morris, Tedo Stone, The Black Lips, The Dirty Lungs, The Pyles, This Is American Music, Vulture Whale, W. Stewart

May 8, 2013

How to Send a Cease and Desist Letter

by John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) This is Part 2 of a two-part series on cease and desist letters.  This Part discusses what to do if you need to send a cease and desist letter.  Part 1 discusses what to do if you receive a cease and desist letter.  Please […]

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