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© C in a Circle - When The Taxman Cometh
The Internal Revenue Service is quite aware of those businesses in the music industry that make royalty payments to songwriters, publishers, artists and others, and your failure to include your…© C in a Circle - Splitting Heirs: Paying Royalties After Your Death
In the same way that you can leave your personal belongings, your house or your car to whomever you want, you also can leave your royalties to the person or…© C in a Circle - Copyrights in Bankruptcy: When Seven Is Not Your Lucky Number
When people think of assets, they usually consider their house, car, furniture, bank accounts and the like. But copyright owners, or persons who receive royalties generated by copyrights, hold a…C in a Circle - Three Copyright Firsts
This year has seen the conclusion of some pending industry and legislative initiatives that have resulted in changes in the copyright arena. For those of you who have not been…© C in a Circle - You Put It Up, They Take It Down - or Not
The rules of the dance for online removal (and restoration) of unlicensed copyrighted material.© C in a Circle: From Piano Rolls to Ringtones: 100 years with Compulsory Mechanical Licenses
The compulsory license only is available to be used if a recording previously has been distributed in the U.S. with the permission of the copyright owner of the song.© C in a Circle - Copyright Stocking Stuffers
For my last column of 2006, I thought I would talk about some copyright law principles of which many people are either unaware or uncertain.© C in a Circle - Exceptions To The Rule: When Unlicensed Uses of a Copyright Are Not Infringements
For various reasons, Congress has identified ten types of unlicensed uses that they chose to allow to be made without requiring the users to compensate the copyright owners.© C in a Circle - When Copyrights Go To Court
Once in a while, a songwriter will discover that a song he or she has written has been appropriated by another person or, more likely, that someone has taken his…© C in a Circle - Copyright Short Subjects
In this column, I’ll try to answer some of the questions about copyright that I get asked again and again by songwriters.1 of 2 |
