ancillary copyright
Performers have a so-called “ancillary copyright” when they perform, play or otherwise present a copyright work. This is regulated by law in §§ 73 ff. UrhG. In music, the
Performers have a so-called “ancillary copyright” when they perform, play or otherwise present a copyright work. This is regulated by law in §§ 73 ff. UrhG. In music, the
1. Introduction The first time you hold an author’s contract (also called a publishing contract) in your hands (or rather, these days, look at it on your PC), you
With a booking contract (also called an agency contract), the artist entrusts an artist or concert agency (also called a “booker”) with the arrangement of performances. Here, too, you
Company Law When founding a start-up, one of the first questions is which legal form the founders choose for their company. A GbR, for example, comes into question if
Contract Law / General Terms and Conditions General terms and conditions (GTC) become relevant at the latest when one wants to offer goods or services via the internet. There
Copyright and media law Copyright protects the intellectual property of authors from an ideal and material point of view. This is done through the Copyright Act, which protects the
1.) Introduction Nowadays, it is quite easy for artists to distribute their music commercially via the internet. There are a number of providers who specialise in online distribution for
1.) Subject matter of the event visitor contract In the case of an event visitor contract, the organiser undertakes to provide the event and the visitor undertakes to pay
In the case of a film score music agreement, a distinction must first be made as to whether a film composer is to be commissioned specifically to create the
In the following, German copyright law will be briefly explained using the example of music. 1.) Author According to Section 7 UrhG, the author is the creator of the
KSK stands for Künstlersozialkasse. It was founded in 1982 and is based in Wilhelmshaven. 1.) Activity / Financing The KSK pays half of the social security contributions (pension, health
1.) Introduction In a licence agreement often not only the exploitation rights to the recordings are transferred. Rather, the artist often grants the exploiters his merchandising rights, trademark rights
Licence rights are the subject of licence agreements if exploitation rights are granted, e.g. to intellectual property. However, trademark rights or design rights can also be the subject of
1.) Introduction Especially in the live area, many performances are only agreed upon verbally and no written concert contract is concluded; there is nothing wrong with this at first.
The location contract is a rental contract between the organiser and the lessor of the location. The organiser is the party that bears the economic risk of the event.
1.) Subject The real management contract regulates the cooperation between artist and manager on a conceptual level, i.e. the career- and image-building work. Mostly, however, the contracts also contain
The following explanations are intended to provide a brief overview of Photography and the law, although no claim is made to completeness. Whether claims exist or a right is
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The producer contract is very similar to the licence contract of recordings in many respects. The producer does nothing other than also produce a tape and transfer the rights
1.) Introduction The publishing agreement is concluded between the author and the publisher. In it, the author transfers to the publisher the exploitation rights exclusively to his or her
