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Copyright Alert System: Can the Music Industry End Infringement?
By Adam Barnosky on December 13, 2012
PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING HAS ALLOWED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT to become so commonplace that enforcement of the law is nearly impossible. Lawmakers and the recording industry have...
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LEGAL PAD: Your Band’s Finances, Paying Professionals, & The Law
By Adam Barnosky on November 27, 2012
WHETHER YOU’RE PLAYING AT LOCAL CLUBS OR TOURING THE REGION, NATION, OR BEYOND, paying the professionals who help you along the way is part of...
The “Big 4″ of Professional Representation
By Adam Barnosky on October 9, 2012
Know Who’ll Do What For Your Career EVERY MUSICIAN WHO MAKES THE TRANSITION FROM hobbyist to career performer will gradually assemble a team of professionals...
Labor of Love: Unpaid Internships in the Music Industry
By Adam Barnosky on September 17, 2012
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY is known for its abundance of internships, each sprinkled with the notion that a real opportunity is just around the corner. The...
Get Paid Your Digital Download Royalties
By Adam Barnosky on August 7, 2012
WHEN RECORD LABELS STARTED SELLING THEIR CATALOGUES AS DIGITAL downloads through online services (iTunes, Rhapsody, etc), a critical issue emerged regarding artist compensation: What percentage...
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Pay-to-Play: Prohibited or Rite of Passage?
By Adam Barnosky on July 31, 2012
You’ve heard the deal before: get a slot at this summer’s music festival by pre-purchasing 40 tickets in advance. Some see it as a rite...
Canadian Supreme Court Issues New Musical Copyright Rulings
By Samantha Ward on July 23, 2012
On Thursday, July 12, Canada’s Supreme Court issued five rulings regarding existing or proposed tariffs issued by the Copyright Board under the Copyright Act, four...
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Legally Produce Your Hip-Hop Mixtape
By Adam Barnosky on July 9, 2012
Quick Tips for Avoiding Some Serious Trouble IN MARCH 2012, KANYE WEST WAS SUED IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT by The Persuaders’ Robert Poindexter for...
Business Models of Pirating Websites Studied by Google in UK
By Samantha Ward on July 9, 2012
Google and PRS for Music recently commissioned a study from data organization company BAE Systems Detica that discovered commercial purposes behind business models used by...
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Catching up with Joe Rut on Recording Live, Copyright Battles & More
By Joe Quirk on June 19, 2012
Joe Rut Live captures the iconoclastic “psychedelamericana” songwriter at his wryly-humorous best, in front of a sold-out crowd at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. ...

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Copyright Alert System: Can the Music Industry End Infringement?

LEGAL PAD: Your Band’s Finances, Paying Professionals, & The Law

The “Big 4″ of Professional Representation

Labor of Love: Unpaid Internships in the Music Industry

Get Paid Your Digital Download Royalties

Pay-to-Play: Prohibited or Rite of Passage?

Canadian Supreme Court Issues New Musical Copyright Rulings

Legally Produce Your Hip-Hop Mixtape

Business Models of Pirating Websites Studied by Google in UK

Catching up with Joe Rut on Recording Live, Copyright Battles & More

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