One of the most high-profile music plagiarism stories of the year is making its way back into the news– the case Robin Thicke and Pharrell William’s 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” and its derivative nature (see our previous post about the “blurred lines” of derivative works). Earlier this year, Judge John Kronstadt ruled in favor of Marvin...Read More
In the spring this year, we spoke a bit about production companies suing (or at least attempting to) consumers who illegally have downloaded their movies (see: Film Fridays- “Dallas Buyers Club” Cracking Down on Illegal Downloads). This same issue has come up recently in the UK, except something is a little different– the consumers are...Read More
In this week’s Client News, we have another great #TBT– this time we’re spotlighting our dear client, Teddy Zee and his movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness”. Teddy has produced many great films, and this particular one, in which he was the executive producer, was especially well-received. The film, released in 2006, starred Will Smith as a single father...Read More
One of the biggest music news items of the week (and perhaps the month) has had to do with Apple’s new music streaming service, Apple Music, which launched at the end of June. There have been a multitude of legal issues that have come up with this new service, whether dealing with the artist’s royalties...Read More
In last week’s post, we discussed in detail the artist performance right’s organization, ASCAP, including how you as an artist can join. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is like a sister organization to ASCAP as it also works on behalf of artists as an advocate and protector of their performance rights. This post will discuss BMI, its...Read More
