Protect Your Copyrights
Robert King
The music industry considers your copyrights to be assets. Unfortunately, many songwriters, singers, playwrights, under-value their art, creative works. The purpose of this podcast is to challenge the artists’ way of thinking. To answer complicated copyright questions. To demystify the intricacies of the US copyright act. To empower creatives to get the most out of their valuable copyrights. We will discuss royalties, contracts, percentages, protection, length of copyright, cross-collateralization, reversion, termination, and exploitation for profit. One of the more popular and controversial topics in music, today, particularly for older (catalog) artists, is the complicated and confusing process of grant termination. Important litigation is in the courts today. A swirl of opinions make it very difficult for artists to know who to trust, who to believe, and what to do in order to protect their valuable copyrights. So many people, so many artists, are getting bad advice right now. I