Posts Tagged ‘permission’
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM Arts Law: Could owning copyrights individually (as opposed to being owned by a corporate entity) ever be a personal liability? I understand that if copyrights are held in the name of a S-corp, C-corp, or possibly LLC, the corporate veil would shield my personal assets. There is no liability in […]
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Tags: breaches, Brian Taylor, c corp, composer, copyright infringement, Copyrights, corporate entity, corporate veil, debts, ftm, Goldstein, license, limited liability company, manager, permission, personal assets, personal liability, publishing company, s corp, torts
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Limited Liability Companies | Comments Off on How Do I Protect My Personal Assets From Claims of Copyright Infringement?
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM Arts Law: I am writing on behalf of our non-profit theater group. Several years ago, one of our volunteers designed a new logo for our theater. We paid her $500. At the time, she was friends with our Artistic Director, but they had a falling out. She recently sent […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, choreography, copyright protection, creator, designer, ftm, Goldstein, license, music, ownership, permission, volunteer, volunteers
Posted in Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights | Comments Off on If We Paid For It, Don’t We Own It?
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein HELLO – How can an organization that presents music programs, and puts some of them on the Internet, find a good general release form for artists/speakers to sign? The tricky part about forms is not finding them, but choosing which one is right. There are lots of sources for good general […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, composer, Contracts, ftm, general release form, Goldstein, music programs, musician, performer, permission, recording, release
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Recordings, Venues | Comments Off on Generic Forms: A Prescription For Trouble
