Copyright Attorney Los Angeles

The radio is one of the most important medium through which new music is introduced to the public.  Bands and recording artist cannot get the exposure that they need to gain mass popularity without their music and songs being played on the radio.  Traditionally, radio stations have not had to pay the recording artists and record labels for the sounds that they air.  Instead only the songwriters and publishers got paid.

All of this could change according to Roger N. Behle, a Los Angeles music copyright attorney, who has been in the recording industry for most of his life, with the introduction of the Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2015 (FPFPA).

You can read more about his opinions on  FPFPA, its impact and prospects of getting adopted further below.

An intellectual property attorney is a lawyer who can practice or all of the following areas of law: copyright, patent, and trademark.   Within these area of laws there are subsets or categories of law like Internet Law that can incorporate these area of legal studies and other more basic areas of law like contract, tort, and property.

An attorney who represents technology and cyberspace clients is going to need to be well verse in many different areas of law.  Copyright, patent, and trademark are important because they are areas of law where you can get your work registered and recognized by the federal government.

Getting your work registered gives you certain rights afforded by the federal statues that govern them.  There are some common law rights that are also conferred without registration like under copyright.

Therefore there are a lot of know and if you are not currently represented by an attorney you might want to consider looking through the list of Los Angeles copyright attorneys that we will provide on your website to help you find one.