Select articles from Law on the Row
Songwriter’s Corner is a collection of articles from the archives of Law on the Row, which started life as a newsletter in 1996 and grew into our online blog. These articles focus on the various legal issues related to songwriters.
What does it mean to “publish” your song.
What are the legal implications when I co-write a song with someone else? Is it really “write a word get a third”?
What rights do I have once I create a song?
Let us introduce ourselves
How it all came to be…
The lawyers of Shrum Hicks & Associates are driven by a passion for the law and a passion for the creative. All of us are musicians and songwriters at our core and love music of all kinds. Each in his or her own way came to the practice of law because of that involvement in the creative arts. This special focus of Law on the Row articles is dedicated to those creatives who inspire our journeys.
By BNSesq
Kernels of inspiration from Einstein and quantum entanglement for creative people.
Jonah Lehrer
Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we’re rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.
The importance of music in film licensing
In 1926, the Warner Bros. studio in Hollywood introduced sound to film for the very first time causing a wave throughout Hollywood and around the globe as other major studios began the switch to “talkies” (pictures with sound).
Do all creative ideas borrow from the past?
It was allegedly King Solomon who declared “there is nothing new under the sun!” Now a recent strain of thought seeks to recast King Solomon’s casual observation in order to challenge the basis of U.S. copyright laws, i.e., original ideas.
A short course on the music publishing industry
How moral rights are suppressed in the U.S.
What songwriters can do to protect their ideas when submitting demo tapes to publishers
Understanding the legal ramification of co-writing.
What songwriters can do to improve their negotiating strength in an entertainment deal
Part of the Music Modernization Act of 2019
Intellectual Property
The impact of digital music
