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Music Business 2

Music Law | Contract Law

Chapters

  • Music Law
    • Copyright
    • The copyright in the sound recording
    • Performance Rights Organisations
    • Rights of Use
    • Public Domain, Creative Commons & Co.
    • Remix
    • Sampling
    • Ghostproducing/Ghostwriting
    • Legal aspects when using generative AI
  • Test Yourself!
  • Contract Law
    • Important Basic Contracts
    • Preliminary Contracts
    • Contracts in the Music Market – an Overview 
    • Contracts – Authors & Publishers
    • Contracts – Artists & Labels
    • The 360 Degree Deal
    • Contracts – Distribution
    • Contracts – Live Sessions
    • More Contracts
    • Overview: Forms of Contracts
    • Exercise: Concert Contract
  • Common Pitfalls and Issues
    • Options
    • Trademark Law
    • Production Costs
    • Cross Collateralization
    • "Sunset Clause"
    • Unclear Contract Periods
    • Calculation Basis & Deductions
    • Inventory & Buy-Out
    • Contract Penalty
    • Leaving / Joining Members
    • The "False Publisher"
    • The (too) early Manager
    • Double Cash!
    • The Minimal Promoter
    • Right of Access and Control
    • Conflicts of Interest
    • Other Income
  • Summary
  • Theoretical Exam

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