I-STUD Ketiga Sesi Siang -Entertainment Law (15 Maret 2011)

Entertainment Law,
Key Aspects of a Recording Contract, and What You Need to Know to Become a Good Entertainment Lawyer

BLS – Tuesday, 13^th of March 2011

BMS

Bio

•       Name : Barry Maheswara

•       Profession : Musician and Part Time Lawyer

•       Working experiences : Akset Natural Resources

Headlines

•       What is Law?

•       What is Entertainment?

•       What is Entertainment Law?

•       How does the music industry works?

•       Who’s the players in music industry?

•       What are the key Aspects in Recording Contracts?

What is law?

•       What is law actually?

Conclusion

•       In the end, law is a common sense

What is entertainment?

•       Music

•       Film

•       Books

•       Plays

•       Anything entertaining!!

What is entertainment law?

•       Set of legal rules and regulations that can be applied in entertainment law cases and contracts

•       Mind you all, its not only IPR law that we need to know and understand!!!

How does the music industry works?

•       Writing the song

•       Recording the song

•       Sign the contract

•       The deal is done

Players of the music industry

•       Songwriter

•       Producer

•       Record label

•       Artist

•       Management

•       Publisher

•       etc

Where’s the lawyer?

What do lawyers do in the business?

What are the things that you need in order to become a good entertainment lawyer?

Key aspects of a music law contracts

•       Check and balances system

•       Contract Terms

•       Individual or as a whole

•       Break Even Point

•       And more to come in the contract provided

END

Thank you, feel free to pop up your questions to my email :Barry.maheswara@gmail.com

Resume

Entertainment Law

·         Hukum ada untuk mengatur tatanan sistem yang berjalan.

·         HKI terbagi ke dalam dua, copyright, dan industrial.

·         Entertainment Law masuk ke ranah Copyright.

·         Entertainment law erat kaitannya dengan moral.

·         Dalam entertainment law juga ada aspek asuransi. Ex: apabila artist meninggal pada saat pengambilan gambar, maka untuk mengurangi resiko biaya film harus diasuransikan.

·         Selama pemilik hak cipta tidak dirugikan, sah-sah saja memperbanyak hasil copy.

·         Pertama kali seseorang mendapatkan hak cipta pada lagu yang dibuat adalah pada saat si punya lagu pertama kali mem-publish-nya.

·         Alur rekaman lagu yaitu song writingà pre-productionàrecordingàpost-productionàMaster CD.

·         Dalam hak cipta juga terdapat hak-hak terkait lainnya seperti mechanical rights, publishing rights, performing rights, etc.

·         Untuk bedah kontrak perjanjian lagu, biasakan melihat definisi terlebih dahulu.

·         Tips negosiasi, 1) ketahui background lawan dan lain sebagainya,  2) ketahui culture lawan.