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    Intellectual Property Protection for Musicians
    S. Claire Gibson, Esq.
    • Aug 24, 2015
    • 1 min

    Intellectual Property Protection for Musicians

    Intellectual Property protection for musicians is essential. While a musician's creations are protected by common law, filing for copyright registration provides serval additional advantages, including public notice of ownership and legal evidence of ownership as well as maximum recovery of damages in the event of infringement. In addition to seeking copyright registration for musical works, it would be prudent for musicians to invest in trademark protection for their band na
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    The Most Litigious Companies in Copyright
    S.Claire Gibson, Esq.
    • Aug 16, 2015
    • 1 min

    The Most Litigious Companies in Copyright

    Traditionally, copyright litigation has been dominated by the music industry; primarily with record labels and artists combating the surge in illegally copying and distribution of their art spawned by the growth of the internet in the last 20 years and secondarily by artists' squabbles over who sang it first, a la Gaye v. Thicke & Williams. However in a recent turn of events, it seems that the $13 Billion a year adult entertainment industry is now dominating the docket with f
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    Williams & Thicke v. Gaye
    S. Claire Gibson, Esq.
    • Aug 16, 2015
    • 1 min

    Williams & Thicke v. Gaye

    The 'Blurred Lines' verdict has got to be one of the most talked about copyright cases in decades, drawing the attention of not only legal nerds like myself and folks in the music industry but the general public as well. The primary reason being that both songs involved were immensely popular across generations - that is to say that both my 60 some-odd-year-young mother and my 20 some-odd-year old self both were well aware of and enjoyed both songs. And with all that attentio
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