Entertainment Law Resources
- U.S. Copyright Act (United States Code, Title 17)
- Berne Treaty
- Lanham Act
- U.S. Copyright Office
- Forms for Registration of Copyright
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Forms for Trademark Application
- Entertainment & Sports Law Journal
- Recent Copyright Legislation News
- International Trademark Association
- Music Publishers’ Association’s Resource Links
- Copyright Clearance Center
- U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 50 (Instructions regarding registration of musical compositions)
- U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 56 (Instructions regarding registration of sound recordings)
- U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 56a (Discusses distinction between musical composition and sound recording copyrights)
- Copyright & Fair Use
- Copyright Myths Explained
- Copyright Website
- The Copyright Society of the USA
- R. Mark Halligan’s Trade Secrets Home Page
Nashville Record Labels
- Capitol Nashville
- Sony Music Nashville
- Warner Music Nashville
- Curb Records
- Universal Music Group Nashville
- Word Entertainment Group
Chart & Other Nashville Publications
- Billboard
- Billboard Top Country Albums
- Music Row Magazine
- The Nashville Scene
- Nashville Business Journal
- The Tennessean
Mechanical Rights Organizations
Performance Rights Organizations
- BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)
- ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers)
- SESAC, Inc. (Privately Owned)
- The Harry Fox Agency (Mechanical Collection)
- Performing Right Society (England)
- MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society) (England)
- GEMA (The German Authors’ Rights Society) (Performance and Mechanical Collection)
- Belgium Society of Authors, Composers & Publishers (Performance and Mechanical Collection)
- APRA (New Zealand & Australia Mechanical Collection)
- The Nordic Copyright Bureau (Norway Performance Rights)
- TONO (Norway Mechanical Collection)
- BUMA/STERMA
- (Dutch & Netherlands Copyright Society)
Other Music Industry Organizations
- Country Music Association
- GAC
- Nashville Songwriters Association, International
- Historic Ryman Auditorium
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences (NARAS)
- Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- National Music Publishers Association (NMPA)
- Songwriters Guild of America (SGA)
- National Academy of Songwriters (NAS)
- National Endowment for the Arts
- American Federation of Musicians (AFM) of the United States & Canada
- Nashville Musician’s Union (Local AFM)
- Electronic Music Foundation
Intellectual Property
Sorting out the DOJ Ruling and its impact on performance rights GallerySorting out the DOJ Ruling and its impact on performance rights
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Sorting out the DOJ Ruling and its impact on performance rights
The first of the month (August 2016), the Department of Justice issued a summary of findings with regard to two court orders that govern the operation of two of the U.S. performing rights organizations (the [...]
Monkey See, Monkey Do?
by Erin Thiele and Morgan Wisted NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. Casey Dienel is suing Justin Bieber and his producer, Sonny Moore, p/k/a Skrillex, (among other defendants) for copyright infringement involving her song, [...]
Lockean Theory of property and its impact on the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and modern day Copyright Law
“[E]very man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his….”[1] John [...]
In the Thicke of Things: Reprise – THE VERDICT: THEY’VE “GOT TO GIVE IT UP”
My associate, John Inniger, does a nice job of covering the basics of the Thicke/Williams litigation against the estate of Marvin Gaye in this LOR post. But since a jury verdict in favor of the [...]
In the Thicke of things
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams spent 2013 on the top of the charts with their hit Blurred Lines, but due to allegations of copyright infringement suit leveled by the children of legendary singer Marvin Gaye [...]
Considering a new U.S. copyright act
Is it time for Congress to draft a replacement for the 1976 Copyright Law? In point of fact, the law was drafted almost half a decade ago now and its last major amendment came in [...]