On August 7th, a lawsuit was filed by Kristen Alison Hall, former member of the all-female country band, Sugarland, against the remaining original members of the band, Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush. A copy of the complaint can be viewed here.
Essentially, the lawsuit alleges that Nettles and Bush breached a partnership agreement between the three members, breached their fiduciary duty to Hall, and failed to account to her for partnership profits. Among other facts alleged, Hall... Read Full Story
Sonny LeMaire, together with other members of the 70’s pop/rock sensation, Exile (”Kiss You All Over“) will perform on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry this Saturday, August 9th. Exile’s appearance will be in the 7:30-8:00 p.m. time slot. Other performers on the Opry Saturday evening include Charlie Pride, Radney Foster, Riders in the Sky, and Carrie Underwood. Tickets can be purchased online at the website for the Grand Ole Opry.
Technorati Tags: Entertainment Lawyer,Music Lawyer... Read Full Story
On August 4, 2008, the Second Circuit court of appeals overturned a lower courts opinion that Cablevision’s Remote Storage” Digital Video Recorder (”RS-DVR”) system violated the Copyright Act by infringing plaintiffs’ exclusive rights of reproduction and public performance. The full 44-page opinion is available at Cartoon Network, LLP, et al. v. Cablevision. In my humble yet fully animated opinion, the Second Circuit’s opinion was not at all well reasoned nor, for that matter, even common... Read Full Story
Effective immediately, the Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc.® has announced the addition of three new executives to its Board of Directors:
Clay Hunnicutt, Senior Vice-President of Programming, Clear Channel, Atlanta. Clear Channel is the largest operator of radio stations in the country. As the person in charge of programming for Clear Channel’s 200 plus country radio stations, Hunnicutt must have an inside track on what’s going on in country music. In an article for the American... Read Full Story
When is the last time you heard of someone getting a really “big break” in the music industry through any contest, other than perhaps American Idol? That’s because most artists and songwriters are not discovered through contests, they are discovered through relationships in the industry.
Yet, there are literally hundreds of such contests out there promising thousands of dollars in prizes or a opening slot for a well-known band, or a recording label or songwriting deal — everything but the... Read Full Story
When is the last time you heard of someone getting a really “big break” in the music industry through any contest, other than perhaps American Idol? That’s because most artists and songwriters are not discovered through contests, they are discovered through relationships in the industry.
Yet, there are literally hundreds of such contests out there promising thousands of dollars in prizes or a opening slot for a well-known band, or a recording label or songwriting deal — everything but the... Read Full Story
A major debate is being spawned by a recent article entitled “Should You Invest in the Long Tail,” written by Anita Elberse, an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The debate concerns the accuracy of Chris Anderson’s long tail theory, set out in great detail in his 2006 book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More.
A summary of the debate is given in this analysis by Glenn Peoples of Coolfer.com. Mr. Anderson’s initial... Read Full Story
A major debate is being spawned by a recent article entitled “Should You Invest in the Long Tail,” written by Anita Elberse, an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The debate concerns the accuracy of Chris Anderson’s long tail theory, set out in great detail in his 2006 book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More.
A summary of the debate is given in this analysis by Glenn Peoples of Coolfer.com. Mr. Anderson’s initial... Read Full Story
According to news reports that broke first on Fox yesterday, then appeared on CMT and Billboard, Kristi Lee Cook, who took seventh place in this year’s seventh season of American Idol, signed a recording agreement with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville, a Sony BMG label. This is Kristi’s second attempt at success on the Arista Nashville brand, as she had a prior deal with the label signed in 1999 at the age of seventeen. She was dropped from the label before producing any product, despite a... Read Full Story
According to news reports that broke first on Fox yesterday, then appeared on CMT and Billboard, Kristi Lee Cook, who took seventh place in this year’s seventh season of American Idol, signed a recording agreement with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville, a Sony BMG label. This is Kristi’s second attempt at success on the Arista Nashville brand, as she had a prior deal with the label signed in 1999 at the age of seventeen. She was dropped from the label before producing any product, despite a... Read Full Story
