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In Part One of this series, we discussed the SAG-AFTRA requirements for background actors regarding salary and overtime. Our post contained an examination of the SAG-AFTRA PDF document outlining the rules for background actors. This week’s discussion will likewise refer this document as we discuss when a background actor is entitled to additional payment for work...Read More

One of the biggest news stories of the past few weeks in the legal realm has taken a whole new entertainment law twist– Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has broke the law once again by having the song “Eye of the Tiger” played at the rally celebrating her release from prison. Several weeks ago, Davis made headlines...Read More

Back to the ever present issue of copyright law, the “Queen of Soul” herself, Aretha Franklin, has recently invoked her rights as the artist to stop the screening of the documentary film, “Amazing Grace”. The film, by producer Alan Elliot, includes a live performance of the song, “Amazing Grace” by Aretha at the New Missionary Baptist Church...Read More

This week we feature one of our clients from Korea, the pop star known for his smooth ballads and similarly smooth voice, Kim Bum Soo. The singer got his start singing in his local church choir and decided to pursue music more formally at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. His first album, “A Promise”,...Read More

In another chapter of the saga of music royalty laws coming head-to-head with local business (see our previous blogs on this subject: Don’t Play that Funky Music or You’ll Get Fined and In Bangkok, Music Copyright Law is Even More UpTHAI-t ), the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is suing two Atlanta bars for...Read More