In this panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, panelists Cynthia Sanchez, Dina LaPolt, Todd Brabec, and Jeff Brabec discuss the life cycle of a song from a legal point of view. They discuss how songs are used for physical sound recordings, as synchronized tracks for video broadcast and reproduction, as digital downloads, as soundtracks for advertisements and video games, as elements of musical theater productions, greeting cards, remixes samples & mashups, toys, internet streams, and more. They also discuss the kinds of deals which are currently being made in such situations.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, the panelists discuss mechanical royalties – the income generated from the manufacture of physical recordings of a song, for example on CD, LP or other physical media – and how recent decisions by the Copyright Royalty Board have thrown the current statutory rates, and what is covered under what rate, into serious doubt. They also discuss who benefits and who loses in the current web of conflicting copyright and royalty rate rules, and how other nations handle mechanical royalty payments on sound recordings created in the USA.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, the panelists discuss the copyright and royalty complexities that surround remixes, samples, mash-ups and similar repurposing of existing recordings – and how, in certain cases, failing to clear the samples on a song prior to recording means losing money every time the recording is licensed for third-party use.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, the panelists discuss how songs are licensed for use in video games, and what it means in terms of licensing fees and royalty payments for publishers and copyright holders.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, the panelists discuss the patchwork of ways in which songs are licensed for use in TV and films in the USA, and what it means in terms of licensing fees and royalty payments for publishers and copyright holders. The panelists illustrate these complexities through examples drawn from projects like House, Life on Mars, Gossip Girl and Don’t Forget The Lyrics!.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, the panelists discuss how compositions generate fees and royalties from merchandising uses. Examples cited are lyrics printed on clothing as well as compositions and master recordings licensed for singing toys and a musical toothbrush.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, the panelists discuss how the new vogue for catalog musicals (such as Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia) and how they can be an important revenue stream for composers lucky enough to have a song featured in such a show.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, the panelists take audience questions about various legal aspects of performance rights, mechanical royalties, and how songs are licensed.
