July 17th, 2007
Austin Music Foundation Small Group Sessions Material
Handout for AMF Small Group Session July 16, 2007.  When prompted, save to your hard drive first.  Then open document from your hard drive. 
 
September 24th, 2006
Why Not Sell mp3s?
Chris makes the business case for selling permanent downloads in the mp3 format.
 
September 24th, 2006
Qualifying for Performing Producer Royalties in the United Kingdom
A thumbnail guide to getting the producer's share of PPL royalties.
 
September 23rd, 2006
Webcasting Royalties and SoundExchange
An introduction to the statutory license under Section 114(g) of the U.S. Copyright Act.
 
September 22nd, 2006
Publications List

Articles:

Recent Developments in Recording Artist Agreements, 15th Annual Entertainment Law Symposium, State Bar of Texas (October, 2005)

Digital Content Aggregators __ Entertainment Law & Finance __ (December 2004);

Digital Distribution to Online Music Services for Independent Artists, 14th Annual Entertainment Law Symposium, State Bar of Texas (October, 2004);


Justify Your Thug: A Critique of Professor Lessig's Defense of D.J. Danger Mouse and the Grey Album, Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2004 (Washington, DC);

PIRATE Act: Reaping the Whirlwind (Billboard Entertainment Law Weekly April 12, 2004);

New Positive Direction for Webcasting Royalties, Prosound Web (March 24, 2004) (available at http://www.prosoundweb.com/studio/articles/royalties/web.php);

Record Companies Must Embrace Changing Digital Era,
Billboard Entertainment Law Weekly (March 6, 2004);

Webcasting Royalties Music Connection (December 8, 2003, p. 52), republished as Webcasting Royalties and Soundexchange, Enfuse Magazine (January 12, 2004, available at http://www.enfusemagazine.com/Opinion/content.cfm?Article_id=254) ;

Getting a Fair Share of the Digital Pie, prosoundweb (December 2003, available at http://www.prosoundweb.com/recording/misc/pie.php);

The Phonographic Record Industry
(with David Braun) Entertainment Law 1 (3d Edition) (N.Y. State Bar Assn. 2004);

Qualifying for Performing Producer Royalties in the United Kingdom,
RPM Direct (November 21, 2003);

Protecting Record Producers’ Interests in Music Royalty Audits
, 19 Entertainment Law & Finance 1 (October 2003);

Webcasting Royalties: How Producers Can Get Their Fair Share, Mix Magazine 18 (July 1, 2003), reprinted in RPM (October 2003);

A Tangled Web: Producers and Webcasting Royalties
, Radio and Record 11 (April 25, 2003);

Navigating Internet Royalty Issues For Record Producers and Engineers
, 18 Ent. L. & Fin. 3 (May 2002);   

Payment of the Producer’s Share of Webcasting Royalties
(Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit, Washington, DC 2002);

Helping Producers and Engineers Get Their Fair Share of Webcasting Royalties
, Internet Newsletter __ (Amer. Lawyer Pubs. Dec. 2001);

Why Free Agency Matters: The Coming Changes in Record Company Artist Relations
, Musicom (2000);

Case Comment:
5 Intellectual Prop. Strategist 9 (1999)

Multimedia Licensing Checklist
, Musicom '96 21 (1996);

Negotiating Motion Picture Actor Contracts
, 14 L. A. Lawyer 31 (April 1991) reprinted at [1991] 5 Ent. LR 141 (Sweet & Maxwell, London);

Rock and Roll Divorce: Negotiating Leaving Member Procedures in Recording Artist Contracts
, 12 L. A. Lawyer 35 (5th Ann. Ent. L. Issue April 1989) (co-written);

Case Comment: Frederick Music Co. V. Sickler
, Ent., Pub. & the Arts Hndbk 3 (1989) (co-written with Linda Newmark); 

Practical and Ethical Issues in Negotiating the Leaving Member Procedure
, Ent., Pub. & the Arts Hndbk 133 (1989) (co-written with James Swanson);

An Introduction to Negotiating Record Producer Agreements
, Ent., Pub. & the Arts Hndbk 139 (1988);

Protecting Celebrity Reputational Interests After Philadelphia Newspapers v. Hepps
, Ent., Pub. & the Arts Hndbk 77 (1987);

Following the Footprints: Protecting Film and TV Rights in the World Satellite Marketplace
, 5th Bien. U.C.L.A. Comm. L. Symp. 193 (1987).

Editor
: (with James Swanson)
The First Amendment Handbook (Clark Boardman1990).

About
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Ault, Recouping E-Royalties Made Easier, Billboard Entertainment Law Weekly (April 5, 2004)

Chang, Labels Integrate New Web Initiatives Into Marketing Plans, Billboard (April 3, 2004)

Kot, You’ve Got Sales, Chicago Tribune (March 28, 2004)

Ault, SXSW Always Draws a Crowd, Billboard (March 20, 2004)

Chang, The New Dealmakers, Billboard 19 (Music & Law Edition Feb. 7, 2004)

Schuyler, Multimediation Calif. Lawyer 37 (June 1995).

 
September 1st, 2006
Carefully Cowriting
An overview of some of the legal pitfalls in co-writing compositions.
 
August 1st, 2006
Justify Your Thug: A Critique of Professor Lessig's Defense of DJ Danger Mouse

Although this article was written a few years ago, there has been renewed interest in the topic due to the recent orphan works study by the Copyright Office and the proposed legislation.