Leon Russell hits the tour circuit harder than any person I know. He will making several Tennessee appearances close to home in Knoxville, Memphis and then Nashville in the upcoming months, so locals will be able to catch this rare performer and Tennessee treasure. On Saturday, November 3, 2007, Leon will be playing at 9 […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzIoxm-zvTw&rel=1] The Nashville Chamber Orchestra’s next installment of its Acoustic Cafe series is next Friday, November 2nd at 8 p.m. in the Grace Chapel, located in Lieper’s Fork, Tennessee. The event will feature resident musician, Darrell Scott, and the Acoustic All-stars, which, together with the […]
Early in October, Joey Lee, former CEO at Buddy Lee Attractions , left that agency to form 360 Artist Agency, a full-service talent agency. This ends a very long tenure for the namesake’s son at the helm of the famous Nashville agency. Mr. Lee took several of his clients with him to the the new […]
On August 16, 2007, Doe No. 28 in the RIAA’s action captioned Virgin Records America, Inc. et al. v. Does 1-33 filed a motion to squash the subpoena issued to the University of Tennessee on the grounds that, one, it was unreasonable on its face and, two, it violates his rights under the Family Educational […]
Back in 1999, my law clerk, J. Eric Crupi and I considered the topic of personal jurisdiction as applied to the Internet. In the resulting Law on the Row article, entitled “Lines in the Virtual Sand.” In the original article, Eric concluded that “the boundaries of personal jurisdiction in cyberspace have not been concretely defined, […]
Fueled in part by its success in Virgin v. Thomas, the RIAA (on behalf of EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group) issued a new round of pre-litigation letters to college students across the country Thursday of last week. This is its ninth such round of letters since beginning […]
Amazon.com, Inc. (Tickler Symbol: AMZN) will hold a conference call on October 23, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss its 2007 third quarter financial results. This announcement has tremendous relevance for those of us interested in the commercial viability of digital sales and downloads of DRM-free music — since Amazon launched its online music […]
There is a very well written blog entry by McQuinn on the blog MCQESQ entitled The Future of the Music Industry. You can read the article in its entirety here, and it is well worth the effort. It attempts with acute perception and finesse to dispel the rampant rumors that the music industry conglomerates are […]
On Monday, Jammie Thomas’ attorney, Brian Toder, filed a motion asking that the judge set a new trial to determine damages or, in the alternative, for a remittitur. Thomas is the woman who was recently found guilty of copyright infringement as a result of which the Plaintiff was awarded $222,000. The Federal Rules of Civil […]
Section 101 of the United States Copyright Act defines work for hire at as follows: (1) a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment; or (2) a work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture […]