The Law of Rock and Roll
Series produced by Michael Olivas
Michael Olivas -- the rock n roll law professor -- comments on legal issues involving entertainment, musicians and fans.
Michael Olivas -- the rock n roll law professor -- comments on legal issues involving entertainment, musicians and fans.
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This show highlights the rise of movies across many platforms, going behind the scenes on legal topics related to music and musicians.
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
Another in a series of topics related to the law and business of the music industry, as discussed in the book, "Rockonomics." This show focuses upo...
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 3
When the pandemic began, music and performance legal issues were among the most complex, across the board.
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 04:57
- Purchases: 3
The pandemic hit entertainment and entertainment law hard. And as venues re-open, there have been disastrous health results and legal implications.
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
Who owns and controls group names continues to be a complex branding issue, with legal consequences.
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
The “Stairway to Heaven” case(s) wend their way, with an important Circuit case that dealt with the Inverse Ratio Rule.
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 3
Marketing and merchandizing continue to grow in entertainment, causing significant legal issues.
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
As in every election cycle, entertainers want to exert better control over their music being used by politicians running for office, but there are ...
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
The BLM movement has had a great effect upon politics and upon the music industry, and will continue to do so.
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
How is one of the most-discussed songs in rap and hip hop not being made available for anyone else’s use? This show reviews the law of putting musi...
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
There have been so many bad managers that it is almost a trope that a band will be harmed by its handlers, at some point.
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
When Lady Antebellum decided to use their trademarked “Lady A” name, they didn’t know another singer had used the name for many years before its le...
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
When a group or singer trademarks a brand for merchandizing and other purposes, it can be a complex and litigious decision.
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
Many personal and nostalgic items of clothing, instruments, lyric sheets, and even childhood homes with rock provenance are at auction. There are l...
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 3
White supremacist music has a growing place in music and print, raising many legal problems for vendors and social media platforms. And hate materi...
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 3
There has been a growing number of legal issues, from immigration to peace & democracy movements, involving songs and singers. Several such cases w...
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
More than a dozen years after James Brown’s death, his estate has been tied up in unusual legal problems, involving his marriage and his messy life...
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 3
This class examines two unusual and pressing legal rock and roll issues: what is Revenge Rock, involving The Beatles, and what is the legal signifi...
- Added: Dec 28, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
This iconic song, known for its wicked organ riff, was never credited to the member who added the distinctive sound. After nearly 3 decades, he sue...
- Added: Nov 09, 2021
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 2
In unusual cases, such as the US capture of Gen Manuel Noriega and the ongoing battles for Hong Kong’s autonomy from China, music has played a prom...
- Added: Nov 09, 2021
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
