Expert analysis of copyright law, publishing rights, performance royalties, and legal protections every music professional needs to understand. From DMCA compliance to international rights management, we break down complex legal concepts into actionable knowledge.
A week ago, a session musician I’ve managed for eight years asked me a question I couldn’t have imagined five years ago: “Should I list AI music production on my website as a service, or will that kill my session work?”…
In the modern music industry, songwriters, more than ever, need to understand the legal rules that protect their works. A music publishing contract connects composers with companies that will manage and make money from their songs commercially. The music business depends…
In 1998, a 19-year-old guitarist from Manchester walked into our office where I was working holding a signed recording contract and a pint glass he’d forgotten to return to the pub. The contract had a personal guarantee clause on page 23….
Here’s what I keep wondering: if AI companies trained their models on copyrighted music without permission, and those models are now commercially available, why aren’t we seeing mass litigation? We manage artists across multiple genres globally, and every one of them…
Last week, I had to tell a producer I’ve managed for eight years that the £12,000 sync deal he’d spent three months negotiating had collapsed. The reason? The melody in his track, the one that got him the deal in the…
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