The Musician's Business and Legal Guide, Fifth Edition [Paperback]

The Musicians Business and Legal Guide 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.

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.

Part I: Getting Started - Music as a Business

1. Entertainment Group Names: Selection and Protection (Stephen Bigger)

2. Business Entities (Edward R. Hearn)

3. How to Set Up a Money Deal for Your Music Project (Edward R. Hearn)

4. Music Attorneys (Mark Halloran)

Part II: Protecting Your Compositions

5. Music Copyright: A Search for Certainty (Mark Halloran)

6. Sampling (Greg Skins Victoroff)

7. Collaborator/Songwriter Agreements (Mark Halloran and Edward R. Hearn)

8. Digital Downloads and Streaming: Copyright and Distribution Issues (Edward R. Hearn)

9. YouTube Music (Mark Halloran and Edward R. Hearn)

10. International Copyright (E. Scott Johnson)

Part III: Music Publishing

11. Performing Rights Organizations in the United States: An Overview (Mark Halloran and Diane Rapaport)

12. Music Publishing (Neville L. Johnson and Bernard M. Resnick)

Part IV: Managers and Agents

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