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

Mark Halloran

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The Musician's Business and Legal Guide

Mark Halloran

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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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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781134848911
Edition
5

Index

360 (full circle) deals
Ancillary Entertainment Rights, 235
Brand Equity, 235
contract provisions, 237ā€“239
evolution of technology requiring, 232ā€“233
consumer shift from CDs and digital files to streaming services, 234
piracy, 234ā€“235
ripping, 235
goals and provisions of 235ā€“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, 202ā€“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, 122ā€“123, 136, 222
royalty statements, 253ā€“254
ACPA (Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act), 6
active investors, 21ā€“22
actual damages, 3, 11, 45, 46, 55
adjusting
mechanical royalty rates, 67, 71, 112, 114, 206
royalty statements, 112, 220, 252ā€“253
administration
agreements for co-publishing and, 121ā€“122
asset, 12, 21, 36
coadministration of licensing, 55, 60
music publishersā€™ deals for, 113, 116, 121ā€“122
advances. See also recording funds, recoupment
all-in advance payments for masters, 202, 207, 255, 256
American Idol, 172, 174
and CPAs (...

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