Music Law: How to Run Your Bands Business

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Music Law: How to Run Your Bands Business

If you belong to a band and love the art of your job, but sing the blues when it comes to the business, you need Music Law. Composed by musician and lawyer Richard Stim, the book explains how to:

  • book performances
  • choose a name and protect its use
  • copyright song lyrics
  • establish legal ownership of songs
  • sample legally
  • sign contracts
  • write a band partnership agreement
  • sell CDs, tapes and other recordings
  • and much more

Music Law provides all the legal information and practical advice musicians need. The 4th edition is completely updated to provide the latest in the law and legal forms. It also provides new information on converting a band partnership to an LLC, protecting song titles with trademark law, royalties for downloads and much more. All the legal forms and agreements are included as tear-outs and on CD-ROM. (Publishers Summary)

Music Law provides all the legal information and practical advice musicians need.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Book
Stim, Richard
4th Edition
1-4133-0085-5
432 p.
August, 2004
PUBLISHER DETAILS

Nolo
950 Parker Street
Berkeley
CA, 94710-2524
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