A decision from the UK High Court of Justice has ruled against Duran Duran over the band's attempt to reclaim, stateside, the publishing copyrights on over three dozen songs including some of their most well-known hits, "Hungry Like the Wolf." The ruling, however, may not amount to as much of a travesty for artists as it seems.
Primary Wave Music Publishing has acquired the rights to the writer's share of Motown legend Smokey Robinson's song catalogue song catalog as well as the rights for his name and likeness.
When performing a cyber threat assessment for any company, understanding who the potential attackers are, what their motives are, and the harm they are trying to inflict on a target are critical to creating resilient defenses. In the case of the entertainment industry, the company’s “crown jewels” that be subject to attack include intellectual property (IP) such as pre-release content or scripts; a broadcast feed; identifying information about customers and employees; sensitive e-mail; the ability to operate as a business by using computers; and, in some cases, credit card information.
Buddy Holly's widow has entrusted the publishing rights for the rock icon's influential catalog to BMG in a newly announced arrangement. This marks the first time since the singer's death in 1959 that someone other than Maria Elena Holly will be the custodian to Holly's song catalog and overall image.
Katie Baron provides an informative summary of various music publishing rights in this article published in Musical America Special Reports’ June 2014 Edition, Music Publishing: Copyright Demystified.
This article co-authored by Katie Baron presents a practical guide to the opera commissioning process and related rights issues, illustrating the series of transactions that opera companies, composers and librettists may be required to enter into in order to premiere a new work.
The 2014 publication of the International Association of Entertainment Layers was greeted with great success at the Midem and SXSW music conferences this spring. The book focuses on how the advancement of new technologies that allow content to reach global audiences instantly have made it more important than ever for entertainment professionals to familiarize themselves with internationally recognized standards for copyright ownership and licensing.
The Los Angeles District Court ruling in in Scorpio Music S.A. v. Victor Willis that Village People Songwriter Victor Willis is entitled to terminate his grants of rights in 33 musical compositions is being hailed as a landmark decision that "will send shock waves through the record industry."
