Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business - Tapa blanda

If you belong to a band and love the art of your job, but sing the blues when it comes to the business, you need Music Law. Written by musician and lawyer Richard Stim, the book explains how to: · book performances · choose a name and protect its use · copyright song lyrics · establish legal ownership of songs · sample legally · sign contracts · write a band partnership agreement · sell CDs, tapes and other recordings · and much more Music Law provides all the legal information and practical advice musicians need. The new edition is completely updated to provide the latest in the law and legal forms. It also provides new information on converting a band partnership to an LLC, protecting song titles with trademark law, royalties for downloads – and much more. All the legal forms and agreements are included as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

Richard Stim is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he studied intellectual property law. An editor at Nolo and an adjunct professor at San Francisco State University, Stim is also the author of Profit From Your Idea and Getting Permission, as well as co-author of Nolo's Patents for Beginners, all published by Nolo. The author lives in San Francisco, CA.