September 2015
AMFM Entertainment Cuts Electronic Dance Music Deal with Mogul Boys Production
For many years now, I have represented Freddie May in his various endeavors, including his production company Starpath Productions. About 10 years ago, Freddie started working with a young female artist living in rural Kentucky, [...]
June 2015
Sammy Mitchell signs with Razor & Tie Music Publishing
We just put the finishing touches on my great client, Sammy Mitchell’s, exclusive co-publishing deal with Jackie Boyz/Razor & Tie Music Publishing joint venture. The partnership between Jackie Boyz (the Grammy-award winning songwriting/producing team of [...]
May 2015
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 [...]
March 2015
Recent Legislative Efforts Bode Well for Songwriters
Since taking over Mary Beth Peters as Register of Copyrights in 2011, Maria Pallante has been listening and responding to the concerns of a number of her constituents, particularly those in the music industry, and [...]
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 [...]
February 2015
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 [...]