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LexisNexis is a provider that combines information and
technology in order to educate professionals in legal, risk management,
corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets (LexisNexis, 2012) .
LexisNexis provides many podcasts in order to share information with its
professionals and I recently listened to one on IP laws. On this episode, Walter Palmer and Cristina
Pinheiro, talk about the developments of IP laws in Brazil in 2010. They focused on Trademark, Copyright, and
Patent laws, and how they have changed over the years, and how they hope to
change in the future. There was
something very interesting to me about music copyrights in Brazil. Palmer talked about how it is illegal in
Brazil to buy a CD from the store, take it home, burn it on your computer, and
then make a copy to a blank CD. Something
else very interesting about this podcast was the discussion that took place
about Law No. 9.610. This Law on
Copyright was originated in 1988, but was not official until February 19,
1998. It took the government ten years
to come to an agreement on what copyright laws and punishments needed to be in
the Law. Brazil still has a lot of work
to do in order to finalize the IP laws to something everyone is satisfied
with. They are hosting the 2016 Olympics
and are trying to finalize most of these laws before this event.
Legal Talk Network, LLC provides podcasts that talk about
important legal issues with well-known guests (Legal Talk Network, 2012) . I recently listened to a podcast on worker’s
compensation and got a lot of insight on the history of the matter. Host Attorney Alan S. Pierce, spoke with the
Honorable Richard S. Tirrel from the Department of Industrial Accidents and
Attorney Joseph F. Agnelli Jr., partner at Keches Law Group, P.C. This podcast took place in 2011, which marked
the 100th anniversary of worker’s compensation. The host and guests talked about the many
influencers of worker’s compensation and the one name that really stood out to
me was Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt
introduced the first part of workers’ compensation legislation to become a law (Legal, 2008) . The law is called the Federal Employer’s
Liability Act and covered workers in unsafe work environments and employees in
similar situations (Legal, 2008) .
The last podcast that I listened to was an Entertainment Law Update Podcast. Gordon P. Firemark and
Tamera Bennet hosted this podcast, with special guest Erin Jacobson. A lot of topics were discussed in this
podcast including 360 deals in conflict with the Talent Agencies Act, music
sales vs. license litigations, copyright termination updates, ReDigi injunction
denied, Aereo and retransmission fees, and many more. There were a couple of cases that were really
interesting to me that I had no idea were currently happening. Drake’s ex-girlfriend Erika Lee is suing him
for royalties over a song he released called Marvin’s Room. In the song there is a phone conversation
that is dispersed throughout the song that Lee’s voice is on. Drake has offered her money but she has
denied all offers and wants to take it to court. Another topic that really made me think about
digital downloads is the topic of music sales vs. license litigation. Artist are putting up a fight and requesting
that if iTunes, Amazon, or other digital sites sell their music that it should
be sold as a license instead of a sale.
When music is sold as a sale, an artists only gets about 12-14% of the
profit, where if it is sold as a license the artist can get as much as
30%. I thought that was very interesting
and helps explain why all artists don’t necessarily like selling their music on
digital sites.
I learned a lot of great information from these
podcasts. They gave me new insights on
IP laws, workers’ compensation laws, and different laws that pertain to the
music industries in regards to copyright, music sales, licenses etc. However, when it comes to my business, the
most important thing I learned was from the LexisNexis podcast. Even though the laws they were taking about
were from Brazil, it is very important for me to research and keep up with the
changing of the laws. It seems that
there are always elements that change or are being revised. In order to protect my business from others,
or protect myself from infringing on other businesses, it will be my
responsibility to check on the laws.
This will ensure that my business is following all of the IP laws correctly.
Ericka Womack-Brown
References
Legal Talk
Network. (2012, January 1). The Company. Retrieved April 24, 2012, from
Legal Talk Network: http://legaltalknetwork.com/about/the-company/
Legal, R.
(2008, July 10). 2008 Theodore Roosevelt Workers' Compensation and Disability
Management Awards. Retrieved April 24, 2012, from Roland Legal PLLC:
http://rolandlegal.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/2008-theodore-roosevelt-workers-compensation-and-disability-management-awards/
LexisNexis.
(2012, January 1). About LexisNexis. Retrieved April 24, 2012, from
LexisNexis: http://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/about-us/about-us.page
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