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Law, Industry Custom, and Why Artists Get Stiffed
Dina LaPolt
Attorney Dina LaPolt is founder of LaPolt Law, P.C., an entertainment law firm based in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to her work representing prominent players in all areas of the music industry, she teaches at the UCLA Extension School as well as the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, CA. She is also a practicing musician and a former artist manager, who performs regularly with her band, “Trophy Girl.” |
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Description: Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses various ways in which the law and industry custom conspire to stiff artists out of money that is, in theory, theirs. She discusses in specific how Sound Exchange diverts some royalties away from artists, and how hiring a producer (or producers) to work your record can get expensive fast.
Shoot Date: April 2007 |
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