The Musician's Business and Legal Guide
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The Musician's Business and Legal Guide

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Musician's Business and Legal Guide

About this book

The Musician's Business and Legal Guide provides vital information to help demystify the music business and the complex body of law that shapes it. This book answers such questions as how to protect name and copyright; what is and is not legal about sampling; what are the legal issues surrounding digital downloads and streaming; what are the jobs of managers, talent agents and publishers; what are common contractual relationship between independent and major labels.

The new edition includes chapters not covered in depth by other books: social media law, TV talent shows, YouTube, and international copyright. As in previous editions, the book features clause-by-clause contract analyses for 360 record deals, music publishing, management, and producer agreements.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781134848911
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Entertainment Industry
Index
Business

Index

360 (full circle) deals
Ancillary Entertainment Rights, 235
Brand Equity, 235
contract provisions, 237–239
evolution of technology requiring, 232–233
consumer shift from CDs and digital files to streaming services, 234
piracy, 234–235
ripping, 235
goals and provisions of 235–236
artist-friendly definitions of net earnings, 236
avoiding administrative waste, 236
commissioning of high earners, 235
negotiating, 236
rights to participate in revenue generated from non-record sales, 235
50-50 contract terms, 202–205
50-50 deals, 201

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A&R (artist and repertoire) representatives, 187, 189, 192, 211
AARC (Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies), 218, 261
Academy of Country Music, 261
access as element of copyright infringement, 44, 45
accountant reviews
personal manager agreements, 134, 143
accounting. See also budgets; royalty statements
co-accounting for collaborator payments, 62
royalties
negotiating, 122–123, 136, 222
royalty statements, 253–254
ACPA (Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act), 6
active investors, 21–22
actual damages, 3, 11, 45, 46, 55
adjusting
mechanical royalty rates, 67, 71, 112, 114, 206
royalty statements, 112, 220, 252–253
administration
agreements for co-publishing and, 121–122
asset, 12, 21, 36
coadministration of licensing, 55, 60
music publishers’ deals for, 113, 116, 121–122
advances. See also recording funds, recoupment
all-in advance payments for masters, 202, 207, 255, 256
American Idol, 172, 174
and CPAs (...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Entertainment Group Names: Selection and Protection
  9. Business Entities
  10. How to Set Up a Money Deal for Your Music Project
  11. Music Attorneys
  12. Music Copyright: A Search for Certainty
  13. Sampling
  14. Collaborator/Songwriter Agreements
  15. Digital Downloads and Streaming: Copyright and Distribution Issues
  16. YouTube Music
  17. International Copyright
  18. Performing Rights Organizations In the United States: An Overview
  19. Music Publishing
  20. What a Manager Does
  21. Analysis of a Personal Management Agreement
  22. Talent Agents: New Thinking on an Old Business
  23. Club Contracts
  24. TV Talent Competitions: The Legacy of American Idol
  25. Independent Record Labels and Record Deals
  26. Recording and Distribution Contracts with Independent Labels
  27. Producer Agreements are Stupid
  28. How 360 Deals Became Necessary and How To Negotiate Them
  29. Social Media Law for Musicians
  30. Royalty Statements: Audits and Lawsuits
  31. Resources
  32. Contributors
  33. Credits
  34. Index
  35. About Jerome Headlands Press