In September 2020, “Kanye West Record Deal” started trending. Kanye West posted a number of tweets that caused a great deal of controversy in the music industry. See BBC report here. West made about a 100 posts and shared screenshots of pages from his recording contract. West complained that his record label was not allowing […]
When a music band breaks up, the result can be as “messy” as a vicious marriage divorce. One way to smooth the process and avoid a lot of acrimony is to have the band members agree to a Band Break-Up or Band Divorce Agreement. Such agreements are becoming more and more popular. An experienced New
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Under the US Copyright Act of 1976, 17 USC § 101 et seq., there are two categories of damages that can be collected to punish music piracy. “Piracy” is known legally as “infringement.” The two categories of damages are: The copyright owner’s “actual damages and any additional profits of the infringer…” (Section 504(a)(1)) or An
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