Music Law

I thought that with delving into the fashion and entertainment world, I was less likely to run into lawyers. Lol! Hmmm . . . Not so. They are everywhere. I was taking stock over the weekend of the personalities that [...]

THR, Esq. reports “Viacom and Black Entertainment Television (“BET”) have agreed to fork over $2.75 million to resolve a pending class action lawsuit from the owners of sound recordings. The class action was led by The Music Force, which commenced [...]

KARA, South Korea’s five member girl group, is one of the most popular bands in South Korea and surrounding Asian countries. Four of the band members as of January 19th, 2011 sent shockwaves to both fans and industry colleagues when [...]

2011 is a year of making loads of money for African-USA artist Akon. Akon just signed a worldwide representation deal with Los Angeles headquartered sports and entertainment agency, Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Borys Kit of THR, Esq. reports the following: [...]

To say I was highly vexed when I saw a release, yesterday, of an alleged video for a song titled ‘Oleku’ by Nigeria’s musician Ice Prince, would be an understatement. ‘Oleku’ was a hit song last year in Nigeria with [...]

Aspiring lawyer Natasha Eubanks who dropped out of law school to pursue her passion for blogging, reports on her blog YBF.com, which pulled in $1million in revenue in 2009, the latest on Usher. According to Natasha’s YBF.com, Usher is canceling [...]

These days, I am getting used to receiving messages from legal colleagues within and outside Africa curious about Africa’s intellectual property laws and specifically, Nigeria’s as it pertains to its fashion and entertainment industries.  If you are interested in knowing [...]

If you pay close attention, you will note and see that the entertainment industry and its professionals rub shoulders, quite often, with the legal system. With music, it seems the industry “kicks it” with the criminal justice system, often. Money, [...]

“I get money, money is got (I I get it)/I get money, money is got (I I get it)/I get money, money is got (Yeah)/Money I got, money is got (I run New York!) . . . I take quarter [...]

Africa is dear to my heart and so of course I stay on the pulse of highly relevant news coming out of the continent. One of the interesting stories this week from the continent is that of Zimbabwe’s First Lady [...]