Ed Fair is a music and entertainment attorney based in Austin, TX. In addition to his two decades’ experience representing artists and music companies, he has taught courses on the music business at the University of Texas at Austin.
Ed Fair, a music attorney who specializes in transactional law (i.e. contracts and agreements), explains what a transactional music attorney does, what one can do for you as an artist, and how to know that it’s time in your career to seek a lawyer’s advice. He shares some tips for college students and lawyers on becoming a music attorney, and shares his thoughts on what happens to artists who wait too long to seek legal counsel.
Music attorney Ed Fair discusses how changes in how the music industry conducts its business affects the attorneys that manage its contracts and deals, and how attorneys try to stay abreast of these changes.
Music attorney Ed Fair explains how name and likeness rights differ from the other types of rights typically under discussion in a record deal, why knowing who controls these rights is important, and what the difference is between ownership of a trademark and licensing rights for that trademark.
Attorney Ed Fair explains the difference between the two main types of music lawyers – namely litigators and transactional attorneys, and why music lawyers are different from other kinds of entertainment lawyers.
Attorney Ed Fair explains what happens when a music lawyer “shops” a client – what the attorney does for a client artist when shopping them, how this might affect the payment an artist owes to their lawyer, and what shopping can gain an artist.
Attorney Ed Fair, whose practice deals mostly with handling transactions (contracts related agreements) for music industry clients, describes what he does in a typical day of work.
Attorney Ed Fair discusses all the numerous contracts and agreements that an artist or music company must enter into to conduct their business, and what his role is in negotiating, vetting, and finalizing such agreements for his various types of clients.
Attorney Ed Fair gives his advice on how to go about protecting your musical works and trademarks – your intellectual property. He runs through some of the common beliefs and popular myths about protecting your songs, and assesses which practices are truly important for protecting your rights and which are merely helpful.
Ed Fair, a music attorney specializing in transactions rather than litigation, gives advice to college students who are interested in becoming entertainment attorneys on how to get started in such a career.
Ed Fair, a music attorney specializing in transactions rather than litigation, gives advice to newly minted lawyers in how to establish a knowledge base and career in the area of music law. He discusses the importance of mentoring, of industry knowledge, of specific area experience, and more, to getting started in a successful career in music law – or any field of entertainment law.
Music attorney Ed Fair discusses the point at which an artist should seek the help of an attorney, and offers some evidence to support his assertion that most artists wait to seek legal help until it’s too late.
