With more songwriters administering their own catalogs, and the growth of the music publishing industry generally, songwriters and publishers should be aware of their responsibilities and opportunities for sub-publishing. It may be even more important to know the consequences of not having a subpublisher on...
By David Jacob Darlene Love v Google Are Publicity Rights Needed in Addition to Master & Sync Licenses? A recent lawsuit filed on behalf of Darlene Love against Google and its ad agency, 72 & Sunny, may have far-reaching implications on long-standing music licensing practices. When ad agencies...
By Marc Jacobson, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, New York Office July 2002 The U.S. Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, waved his proverbial wand and settled the hotly-debated issue of what the rates and terms for webcasting and ephemeral recordings should be in the United States. On May...