Synopses & Reviews
A perennial bestseller, this definitive guide to all legal, economic, and financial aspects of the music business better than ever in its revised, thoroughly updated new edition, now accompanied by a compact disc with ready-to-use contracts and essential forms from AFM, AFTRA, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and SGA that can be easily accessed for office or home use, making it an indispensable reference source for everyone.
As this "bible of the music business" moves into its 37th year, the book's expanded scope addresses challenges and opportunities of a new century, including:
- MP3 record duplication, Internet sales, and cybercasting
- Digital record performance rights for artists and record companies
- New markets emerging from WIPO and GATT treaty enforcement of copyright protection against counterfeiters and bootleggers
- Greater reliance on major labels, further merging of powerful companies, and reduced record distribution by independents
- Revised markets opened by the European Economic Union and other consolidations
- The impact, both positive and negative, of growing motion picture and theater investments in the music business
Review
"....[An] excellent reference that improves and expands upon the earlier editions." Library Journal
About the Author
M. William Krasilovsky is and attorney specializing in music matters, a trustee of the Copyright Society of America, and an adjunct professor at New York University. Together with the late Sidney Shemel, he has coauthored This Business of Music since its debut in 1964.