Leadership Music honors Bradley Family with prestigious Dale Franklin Award

When one thinks of Music Row, it is impossible not to conjure up thoughts of Music City’s Royal Family, the Bradleys.  Last night, Leadership Music awarded the prestigious Dale Franklin Award to Owen, Harold, Patsy, Connie & Jerry Bradley.  The annual award recognizes music professionals who exemplify leadership qualities.  The Bradley family is most certainly [...]

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Leadership Music honors Bradley Family with prestigious Dale Franklin Award

When one thinks of Music Row, it is impossible not to conjure up thoughts of Music City’s Royal Family, the Bradleys.  Last night, Leadership Music awarded the prestigious Dale Franklin Award to Owen, Harold, Patsy, Connie & Jerry Bradley.  The annual award recognizes music professionals who exemplify leadership qualities.  The Bradley family is most certainly [...]

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Best Wishes to my old friend, Will Hoge

I want to take this opportunity and use this forum to wish Will Hoge and his beautiful family best wishes in this difficult and painful time, and offer my family’s prayers for a speedy recovery.  Will was one of my first clients when I started practicing entertainment law in Nashville — I negotiated one of [...]

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Sugarland Lawsuit filed in Georgia illustrates need for prior provisions among band members

On August 7th, a lawsuit was filed by Kristen Alison Hall, former member of the country band, Sugarland, against the remaining original members of the band, Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush.   A copy of the complaint can be viewed here.
Essentially, the lawsuit alleges that Nettles and Bush breached a partnership agreement between the three members, [...]

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Second Circuit gets it wrong in Cartoon Network v. Cablevision

On August 4, 2008, the Second Circuit court of appeals overturned a lower courts opinion that Cablevision’s Remote Storage” Digital Video Recorder (“RS-DVR”) system violated the Copyright Act by infringing plaintiffs’ exclusive rights of reproduction and public perf ormance.  The full 44-page opinion is available at Cartoon Network, LLP, et al. v. Cablevision.  In my [...]

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