Music - The Business: The Essential Guide to the Law and the Deals

ISBN-10: 0753555700
ISBN-13: 9780753555705
Category: Music trade
Pages: 418
Language: English
Published: 2014-07-03
Publisher: Random House
Author: Ann Harrison

Description

This essential and highly acclaimed guide, now updated and revised in its sixth edition, explains the business of the British music industry. Drawing on her extensive experience as a media lawyer, Ann Harrison offers a unique, expert opinion on the deals, the contracts and the business as a whole. She examines in detail the changing face of the music industry and provides absorbing and up-to-date case studies. Whether youâe(tm)re a recording artist, songwriter, music business manager, industry executive, publisher, journalist, media student, accountant or lawyer, this practical and comprehensive guide is indispensable reading. Fully revised and updated. Includes: The current types of record and publishing deals, and what you can expect to see in the contracts A guide to making a record, manufacture, distribution, branding, marketing, merchandising, sponsorship, band arrangements and touring The most up-to-date information on copyright law and related rights An in-depth look at digital downloads, streaming, online marketing and piracy Case studies illustrating key developments and legal jargon explained.

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Music - the Business: The Essential Guide to the Law...
- 2008
- 354 pages
- Paperback
- Random House

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