Music Industry
In the music industry, various legal engagements are involved, which include music publishing, the signing of recording and performing agreements among other engagements. Music Publishing is a term that is used to mean the act of finding uses for a song that has been recorded by and artist and in the process, and artist who owns the rights for the song is rewarded when his or her song has been used. The song can be used on TV, in films, video games, as a ringtone, as a background song for a movie, among other uses. The artist collects monies for the use of his music generally in for License fee. The artists and the songwriters usually own the copyrights of the music, and they typically earn money in the form of a license fee or royalties if their work of art is used for commercial purposes. Under the U.S Copyright act, the artists are the copyright owners of their art. If any person seeks to use an artist’s song in any way, they have to get express permission for the owner of the Copyright in the form of obtaining a license. Money that s generated from such licenses usually is referred to as publishing income.
During the process of production, the artist signs agreements with the record label that he/she will remain loyal to the company and that the artist will not breach a contract agreement. The artist, through the promoter, should not oblige to record or exploit the record label. Thus, the developer shall neither be required to make any pirated copies of the production be either audio or audio/visual recordings of the performance nor exploit the records in any manner. However, notwithstanding all other provisions of the agreement, the legal representative shall be served with an edited or unedited copy of the audio or audio/visual recordings for his approval on behalf of the artist. In case the legal representative fails to give a written objection within four working days from the date of receipt of such copy, it will be assumed that the recordings were irrevocably approved.