In a podcast entitled “A seminar in Copyright Law
with Entertainment Lawyer Greg Eveline,” Greg Eveline was asked what he thinks
about copyright law. His reply was powerful and extremely in favor of the
musician. Eveline mentioned that the entire entertainment industry all evolves
around copyright law. “It is the only right enumerated in the constitution” was
a statement made by Attorney Greg Eveline as he corroborates his claim by
explaining that all copyright is is the ownership of a property. As an
aspiring CEO of a management team I agree and understand his statement about
the exclusive rights to the music in having it owned. One always has liability
risks when dealing with music. Conversely, the escape of this is if you own the
copyrights, then you own the song.
Attorney Mark Davis in a seminar at Loyola
University assists students in helping them understand how to approach
copyright in the music business. He breaks down the roles of what he feels the
ownership of a song is broken down into; “four roles: Artist, Publisher, Writer
and record label.“ Mark Davis then defines what is copyrightable as “anything
that is an original expression in fixed form.” It is important that one
completely understands this when going into any area of the music business. I
found that this podcast has elucidated things that I have heard over the years
by the plain language that is used.
Mark Goldstein, a retired attorney of 25 years and
current professor at USC Thornton School, expresses his opinions on a more
facilitated skill set to work in the music business. He says that one who has
worked in the music business already would be a much better communicator and
manager to represent someone because of having been on both sides of the table.
That is, the creative side as well as the business side. Although none of these
things are fact patterns, they are beneficial and helpful information due to
the fact that they are coming from experienced individuals that have been in
the industry for years.
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