Archive for the ‘Entertainment Law’ Category

I’ll be speaking on social networking ethics this Wednesday, September 8, at the Americana Music Festival in downtown Nashville, if you want to join the conversation in person. In case you can’t make it, I thought I’d give you a sneak-peek with the following legal tips on social-networking for musicians and artists:

As a writer of songs and books, I, too, have had that frustrating experience of coming up with what I think is the most brilliant, original idea in the world, only to find my idea mimicked in my local bookstore or on my car radio. While I might be tempted to scream, “Stop, thief!,” as a copyright lawyer, I know to stop, breathe, and consider first. Not every copy is actionable copyright infringement, nor is every sound-alike a copy.