August 2017
The Plight of the Starving Artist – the CLASSICS Act may provide some relief.
UPDATE - Since this article was written in 2017, the CLASSICS Act was incorporated in the Music Modernization Act, passed in December 2019. The plight of the “starving artist” is timeless and history is replete with [...]
July 2017
A moment in Nitta Yuma in homage to Bo Carter
About 130 miles or so south of Memphis, Tennessee on Route 61 is what we used to call a “wide spot in the road” named Nitta Yuma, Mississippi. There is a small building with [...]
Secret Blend of 11 Herbs: Three Things to Know about the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Acts
By Drew Harris How delicious are those 11 “secret herbs and spices” assembled by Harland Sanders in 1930 for his popular “Kentucky Fried Chicken” sold at his local service station? It was so “finger lickin’ [...]
August 2016
Lessons Learned: Ghostwriter Tony Schwartz disparages Trump and his book “The Art of the Deal”
By Erin Thiele and Barry Neil Shrum, Esq. In the mid-1980s, Donald Trump approached Tony Schwartz to ghost write his autobiography. At this point in time, Trump was in his early 30s and did [...]
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 [...]
Purple Reign: Lessons We Learned From Prince – Part 2
In our first episode of Purple Reign, we saw that even though Prince was known as a “control freak” when it came to many things, he may have let a few things slip, such as [...]