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June 20, 2023

It’s (Purple) Raining On the Copyright World Today

The Controversy began in 1984 when Vanity Fair licensed a photograph of Prince to be used as a reference image for Andy Warhol to create a piece of art. 1 In connection with that license, the photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, was compensated and credited.2 The resulting work by Warhol, which was featured in Vanity Fair, was a purple silk-screen artwork of the Purple Rain singer.3 However, unknown to Goldsmith and unasked by Vanity Fair, Warhol […]

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April 16, 2023

What You Need to Know About the Proposed Financial Protection Act for Minors in the Entertainment Industry in Georgia

In 1939 the first financial protection act for child performers was put in place in California as the result of child-actor Jackie Coogan’s mother and step-father plundering his childhood earnings without his knowledge.[1] Jackie Coogan was four years old when he began performing in vaudeville acts.[2] It was at his Los Angeles vaudeville performance that Charlie Chaplin […]

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September 6, 2019

John Seay Speaks at UGA Music Business Program

On Thursday, September 5, John Seay spoke to David Barbe’s class at the UGA Music Business Program in Athens, GA. John makes the trip to UGA every semester to speak to a class in the music business program, but this was his first time speaking in Barbe’s class. Barbe is also the director of the UGA […]

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August 28, 2019

SoundExchange To Make Music Licensing Easier for Podcasts in 2020

SoundExchange and SourceAudio have teamed up to make music licensing easier for podcasters starting early next year. In collaboration with Podcastmusic.com, this will be a one-stop shop for podcasters that will offer licensing for label and publisher-owned music. Participants will have access to Podcastmusic.com’s database of 700,000 production and music bed tracks that include a global license […]

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