Musician's Business and Legal Guide

<p><i>The Musician’s Business and Legal Guide </i>provides vital information to help demystify the music business and the complex body of law that shapes it. This book answers such questions as how to protect name and copyright; what is and is not legal about sampling; what are the legal issues surrounding digital downloads and streaming; what are the jobs of managers, talent agents and publishers; what are common contractual relationship between independent and major labels.</p><p>The new edition includes chapters not covered in depth by other books: social media law, TV talent shows, YouTube, and international copyright. As in previous editions, the book features clause-by-clause contract analyses for 360 record deals, music publishing, management, and producer agreements.</p> <p><strong>Part I: Getting Started - Music as a Business</strong></p><p>1. Entertainment Group Names: Selection and Protection (Stephen Bigger)</p><p>2. Business Entities (Edward R. Hearn)</p><p>3. How to Set Up a Money Deal for Your Music Project (Edward R. Hearn)</p><p>4. Music Attorneys (Mark Halloran)</p><p><strong>Part II: Protecting Your Compositions</strong></p><p>5. Music Copyright: A Search for Certainty (Mark Halloran)</p><p>6. Sampling (Greg "Skins" Victoroff)</p><p>7. Collaborator/Songwriter Agreements (Mark Halloran and Edward R. Hearn)</p><p>8. Digital Downloads and Streaming: Copyright and Distribution Issues (Edward R. Hearn)</p><p>9. YouTube Music (Mark Halloran and Edward R. Hearn)</p><p>10. International Copyright (E. Scott Johnson)</p><p><strong>Part III: Music Publishing</strong></p><p>11. Performing Rights Organizations in the United States: An Overview (Mark Halloran and Diane Rapaport)</p><p>12. Music Publishing (Neville L. Johnson and Bernard M. Resnick)</p><p><strong>Part IV: Managers and Agents</strong></p><p>13. What a Manager Does (Alfred Schlesinger)</p><p>14. Analysis of a Personal Management Agreement (Neville L. Johnson and Bernard M. Resnick)</p><p>15. Talent Agents: New Thinking on an Old Business (Matthew Burrows and Kelly Weiss)</p><p>16. Club Contracts (Edward R. Hearn)</p><p>17. TV Talent Competitions: The Legacy of<em> American Idol </em>(Mark Halloran and Thomas A. White)</p><p><strong>Part V: Recording</strong></p><p>18. Independent Record Labels and Record Deals (Loren S. Wells)</p><p>19. Recording and Distribution Contracts with Independent and Major Labels (Edward R. Hearn)</p><p>20. Producer Agreements are Stupid (Daniel K. Stuart)</p><p>21. How 360 Deals Became Necessary and How to Negotiate Them (Daniel K. Stuart)</p><p>22. Social Media Law for Musicians (Stephanie Furgang Adwar)</p><p>23. Royalty Statements: Audits and Lawsuits (Steven Ames Brown)</p>