Foreword 1. A Brief History of Music Publishing and Copyright Law 2. Revenue Streams, Sources of Income, and Licenses 3. Performing Rights 4. Publishing Companies 5. Publishing Deals 6. Independent Songwriters 7. Music in Film and Television 8. Music in Advertising and Production Music Libraries 9. Educational, Classical, Sheet Music, and Broadway 10. Foreign Publishing Revenue, Rights, and Deals 11. New Media, Technology, and Copyright 12. Legal Issues and Artist Representation 13. Music Organizations and Resources
Biography
Ron Sobel is an attorney and the founder/president of North Star Media, a music publishing administration and consulting company based in Studio City, California. NSM is actively engaged in representing writers and their catalogues to the film and television community. Sobel is a former Vice President of ASCAP, the leading society representing composers.
Dick Weissman is the most published American author on the music business. He has written four books about the music industry. He taught for twelve years in the Music & Entertainment Industry program at the University of Colorado at Denver, was VP for the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association, and has a long-term career as a studio musician, recording artist, songwriter and record producer. His book The Music Industry; Career Opportunities, Self Defense, is currently in its 4th edition.
