These times continue to prompt hundreds of rock documentaries and biopics every year, with increasing questions over privacy, authorization, defamation, and other legal ...
This miscellany includes shorter legal stories; this Class covers issues of “orphan works” and archival and legal dimensions of specialized large musical research collections.
Several cases have arisen over musical lyrics, and the possible effect they can have on listeners. These include claims that songs urged suicide or other unfortunate results.
How bands resolve personal and professional issues can lead to the dissolution of the group, and how they govern themselves over complex issues frequently leads to litigation.
Tom Petty died unexpectedly, at the top of his career. He had begun to re-mix and re-issue his classic “Wildflower” LP, which, after his death, led to legal issues among his ...
With vinyl albums no longer the main form of releasing music, the values of classic old and rare LPs have increased into the millions, especially when there is a special ...
Many rock and roll entertainers have engaged in bad behavior while with the band or in their personal lives. These spill over into their professional relationships, and ...
A number of successful songs were performed by groups that were not actual bands, but “fake” groups, assembled for projects that grew bigger as the songs became popular.
Most concerts have complex legal affairs, and Coachella has used “radius clauses” to limit its participants to time and distance factors, to ensure its own fresh image. ...
Shakira has been in a long-running tax dispute with Spanish authorities, turning on her residence and tax domicile. While hers has played out in public, this is a common ...