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How Will the Music Modernization Act's Mechanical Licensing Collective Work? Image

How Will the Music Modernization Act's Mechanical Licensing Collective Work?

Chris Castle

This article focuses on managing change for clients affected by the MMA's government-mandated mechanical licensing collective. In my view, far from putting songwriters on a trajectory away from the government regulation that has oppressed them for generations, the collective imposes an entirely new bureaucracy with potentially significant costs that are not readily apparent.

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Three Simple Steps of Marketing Mentoring

Aly Lynch

As experienced marketers, we can help coach newer attorneys in their marketing pursuits through mentoring. With the right assistance, newer attorneys can find ways to market that they actually enjoy and are, therefore, more likely to do. And it doesn't need to be complicated.

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Conducting Due Diligence Today

Ryan McConnell & Stephanie Bustamante

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to due diligence, but some methods are significantly cheaper and more aligned to the business than others.

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Author and Licensee Content Rights in Agreements for TV Productions

Neil J. Rosini & Michael I. Rudell

These times are heady for creators of books and stories that may be suitable for television production. In addition to the traditional broadcast networks, a legion of pay and basic cable exhibitors and, more recently, direct-to-consumer streaming outlets are voraciously licensing product from those creators. Much press is given to the compensation aspects of the creators' agreements with exhibitors, but attention also should be paid to the extent and duration of the exhibitor's exclusivity in the property in which rights are being acquired,

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Abandonment Defense Stays in Copyright Suit on Filesharing

Zach Needles

Malibu Media LLC is by now well-known as a frequent filer of copyright infringement lawsuits nationwide against Web users alleged to have illegally downloaded and shared the company's adult films. But a federal judge in Pennsylvania recently said it should be up to a jury to decide whether the company is entitled to stake a claim to those copyrights in the first place.

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Social Media Scene: The Easy Path to Success on Social Media — The 1% Rule of the Internet Image

Social Media Scene: The Easy Path to Success on Social Media — The 1% Rule of the Internet

Spencer X. Smith

You may have read a dozen “How To” articles about cracking the algorithms — which sound very mathematical — of any social media platform, but at the end of the day, you're communicating with people.

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Robbing a Locked Bank Vault from Home: Legal Issues Raised by Cryptocurrency Frauds 

Chris Ott

Cryptocurrency theft remains a major concern for traders and investors given that billions of dollars of cryptocurrency are stolen every year. These cutting-edge problems intersect in interesting ways with companies' existing fraud and anti-money laundering concerns, but it all starts with the cryptocurrency "wallet."

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The Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions in 2018

Harry Sandick & Jacqueline Bonneau

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>The U.S. Supreme Court last year continued to express concern about government overreach, and otherwise handed down decisions favorable to defendants. Although the Court rendered only one major criminal law decision in that term, many other cases it decided hold important lessons for defense counsel.

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The Strategy of What You Don't Invest In

Scott McFetters

Advanced technology isn't free. Outfitting your team with equipment that will move the needle can require an impossibly large capital outlay. The solution may not be, therefore, to purchase all that gear. It may be to lease or finance it.

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An Overview of Recovering Trademark Infringement Damages

Marcus Harris & Ryan Burandt

This article discusses recovering damages for trademark infringement and various strategies for establishing those damages.

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