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Steve Gordon Discusses The Future of the Music Business




The Future of the Music Business
Third Edition Available Fall 2011

The 3rd Edition of Steve's book will be released on Amazon, iBooks, and in stores nationwide this September. You can see a description of the book by clicking on the cover below.




I've recently been exploring the fascinating subject of how artists can reclaim their old recordings and take them back from the record companies that have made so much money from catalogue sales. I wrote an article for Digital Music News, The Comprehensive Guide to Reclaiming Your Old Masters (Monday, August 29, 2011), that completely covers the legal issues in question, and specific steps that rights holders should take if they want to transfer ownership of these masters to themselves.

I also participated in a podcast interview, The New Legal Battle Over Song Rights for the Legal Network (Wednesday, August 31, 2011), which addresses a little noted change in copyright law 35 years ago that is now starting a multi-billion dollar battle between musicians and record companies today.

I have also posted new articles to the blog since the book's publication:

Capitol Records v. MP3TUNES

The Copyright Alert System: A Useful Tool in the War on Piracy, or Another Demonstration of the Power of the ISPs to Avoid Responsibility for Copyright Infringement



Jana Vejmelka, LL.M., an attorney from Berlin, Germany, joined Steve Gordon Law as an associate over the summer of 2010. This picture is of Jana with the legendary artist and producer Nile Rodgers at the New Music Seminar last year in New York City.






Rejoice and Shout Featured in Variety

One of Steve's recent projects, a documentary about African-American Gospel artists entitled Rejoice and Shout, has received favorable coverage in Variety. Please click here to read the full review.



Fulbright Scholarship at Tel Aviv University

Steve recently visited Israel as a Fulbright scholar, where he taught a course based on his book at Tel Aviv University's prestigious Recanati School of Business.



Interview with Louise Kahn, founder of Terry Poison, and Shlomo Zach, Israeli Music Entrepreneur

Steve featured Louise Kahn, founder of successful Israeli pop group Terry Poison, as a guest speaker for one of his lectures in Tel Aviv. She was joined by Shlomo Zach, one of Israel’s top music entrepreneurs; Zach has managed some of Israel’s most famous performers, runs one of Israel’s leading music publishing companies and owns a theatre where he produces live concerts.