I had the pleasure of sitting on the Deal Makers panel for Radio One’s annual Music Meeting to discuss :
Key Contract Clauses in Music
Common Misconceptions about Music Royalties
Copyright Basics
Protecting Creative Idea
Thank you to Radio One for the invitation and host Vic Jagger for leading a great conversation.
Catch the replay here:
BESLA presents: Mid-Year Conference Part II on Monday, May 23rd!
Shay M Lawson will be joining Paramount Senior Counsel Henry Behnen, Marlyne Jean Louis, and Complex Senior Counsel Nyasha Foy to discuss legal issues in intellectual property and transactions surrounding choreography, street art, and tattoos in the digital age.
Building an enterprise takes time. But how exactly does it happen? This case study takes a look into Issa Rae, her show Insecure, Issa Rae Productions, and her Record Label and Publishing Company Raedio and the 4 principles to making multiple passions make sense from a strategic standpoint.
In Summary:
Don't get caught shoplifting online! Today's episode covers the top 3 huge legal mistakes I see entrepreneurs making online during COVID19 that could cost them big time. These are things I'm seeing in FB groups, on Twitter, and IG that are getting entrepreneurs blocked from email platforms, blocked from access to IG Live, FB Live, and more. Understand the copyright laws that govern the internet and how it impacts the way you should be doing business online in a COVID19 world.
In case you missed the buzz on Twitter last week. The internet exploded when Jacquees’ cover of “Trip” by Ella Mai was removed from Soundcloud and Youtube. While the internet decided it was a hater move on the part of Ella Mai, her label made it clear it was business related and she had no say in the matter.
A better description is that it was a LEGAL matter. As T-Pain pointed out you CANNOT monetize material that does not belong to you. In simple words that is THEFT in legal terms it is copyright infringement.
So how do artists cover other people’s songs all the time and how was THIS different?
Follow the jump to find out!
LeBron's camp slapped my beloved University of Alabama with an Infringement Notice that smelled heavily of a Cease & Desist (although they deny it is a cease and desist) for releasing a digital series called "Shop Talk" strikingly similar to "The Shop" released by LeBron's Uninterrupted platform.
Here are the details and clips of both shows from ESPN, Alabama, and UnInterrupted:
You posted new pictures to your instagram to promote your brand only to see someone use it for a flyer or a facebook ad without your permission!
You give an artist a rough mix of a track you produced and next thing you know it's up on itunes and spotify without your permission or a split sheet!
You write a song in a session and months later you hear your song on the radio. When you check the credits your name is no where to be found!
HERE'S WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE ONLINE STEALS YOUR CONTENT:
It is easier to look like you have it together than actually have it together. As entrepreneurs we often get caught up in the everyday of running our business and handling clients that we over look minor details that could land your business in major trouble.
If you can't answer these 5 questions then you might just look like your business together rather than have it together:
