March 2001 | Barry Neil Shrum

Taming the “Big Bad Record Company”
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Taming the “Big Bad Record Company”

Copyright Issues, Entertainment Law, Music Publishing, Songwriting

Taming the “Big Bad Record Company”

What songwriters can do to improve their negotiating strength in an entertainment deal A very common theme among my songwriter and artist clients is the subject of how they were "ripped off" by their record label and/or music publisher (for purposes of this general publication, I'll refrain from using the actual, more vivid terms often [...]

By Barry Neil Shrum, Esq.|2015-03-21T22:26:58-05:00March 21st, 2001|Copyright Issues, Entertainment Law, Music Publishing, Songwriting|Comments Off

Slow Ball: The RIAA beat Napster, but can it beat Gnutella & FreeNet?

This article first appeared in the print edition of Law on the Row, Volume 2, Issue 1, on March 21, 2001 Hillary Rosen, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (""RIAA"), called RIAA’s legal victory over Napster, the mega-MP3 file trading site, a "clear victory for all creators." While the efforts of the record industry [...]

By Barry Neil Shrum, Esq.|2001-03-21T02:05:39-06:00March 21st, 2001|Copyright Issues|Comments Off