Block Inc.'s board may have made a bad deal when it acquired music-streaming company Tidal, but that's its right without evidence of bad faith.
June 01, 2023Ellen Bardash
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
June 01, 2023ELF StaffShould resale royalties be paid to artists and venues when tickets are resold? Such a resale royalty might encourage artists or sports teams to permit transferability for some or all their tickets. It would also help to value that property right. So how would that work?
May 01, 2023Chris CastleThe primary issue associated with securing a licensor's consent for Internet AI intellectual property is that normally the licensor is a computer program, hence not a legal person.
May 01, 2023Jonathan BickA look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
May 01, 2023ELF Staff"Sister Sledge" Sibling's Use of "Sister Sledge Sledgendary" Isn't Trademark Infringement
May 01, 2023Stan SoocherNew York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section Annual Spring CLE Meeting
May 01, 2023ELF StaffPart Two of a Two-Part Article In the United States and in most foreign countries, the "performance right" is one of the most important rights of copyright and, in many cases, the most lucrative. In the United States, there is no statutory license under the Copyright Act for this right. Songwriters, composers, lyricists (jointly "writers") and music publishers join these organizations, which in turn negotiate licenses with the users of music, collect the license fees from those users and distribute the monies to writers and publishers based on surveys of performances, specific payment schedules and distribution rules, as well as other factors.
April 01, 2023Jeff Brabec and Todd Brabec
