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Music Law: Recording, Management, Rights, and Performance Contracts

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Learn how to understand and negotiate terms for the four major types of music business contracts: recording, management, performance, and rights agreements.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Recording Contracts
  • Why bother?
  • The grant
  • Term and options
  • Advances and royalties
  • Deductions
  • Controlled composition
  • Creative control
  • Leaving members
  • Copublishing
  • Marketing provisions
  • Warranties and indemnity
  • One-offs
2. Management Contracts
  • Before you sign
  • What will your manager do for you?
  • Paying the manager
  • Post-term commissions
  • Terminating a manager
3. Performance Contracts
  • Basic terms
  • Liability and safety
  • Getting paid
4. Rights Agreements
  • Musician releases
  • Artwork permissions
  • Using samples
5. Other Agreements
  • Band partnership
  • Publishing
  • Record shopping
  • Producer agreements
6. Contract Basics
  • Oral agreements and record keeping
  • Boilerplate
  • Attorney fees, mediation, and arbitration
  • Five rules for all music contracts
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Richard Stim

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