February 2022 – EntertainmentLawyer.Pro™

RIAA v. NFT Distributor HitPiece

Posted on 02/06/2022 by Elliot Zimmerman

On or about February 4, 2022, Billboard reported the RIAA sent a demand letter to HitPiece, a new beta website, because it was selling thousands of songs and album artwork NFTs using information from Spotify’s API without permission from the artists or their record labels. The RIAA charged HitPiece with engaging in “the systematic and flagrant infringement of the intellectual property rights of the Record Companies and their recording artists on a massive scale…” Jared Continue reading RIAA v. NFT Distributor HitPiece→

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NFT: non-fungible token law including "smart" contracts, production and producer agreements, talent agreements (actors, models, musicians, composers), distribution contracts, synchronization licensing, film, music & video industry negotiation and general intellectual property issues, especially relating to trademark and copyright;

MUSIC: including recording contracts, production and producer agreements, talent agreements (musicians, composers), distribution contracts, synchronization licensing, music industry negotiation and general intellectual property issues, especially relating to trademark and copyright;

MASS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT DEFENSE: including motions to quash subpoenas to ISPs to ascertain the identity of an alleged infringer by IP, and defense of civil and criminal copyright infringement suits;

FILM: covering option agreements, finance, chain of title issues, talent agreements (screenwriters, film directors, actors, composers, producers, designers), production, post production and trade union issues, distribution issues, motion picture industry negotiations, distribution, and general intellectual property issues relating to copyright and trademarks;

MULTIMEDIA: including software licensing issues, video game development and production, information technology law, advertising, new media licensing, censorship, privacy, freedom of information, telecommunications, and general intellectual property issues;

PUBLISHING: including print media, advertising, models, author agreements and general intellectual property issues, especially relating to copyright;

TELEVISION AND RADIO: including broadcast licensing and regulatory issues, mechanical licenses, and general intellectual property issues, especially relating to copyright;

THEATER: including rental agreements and co-production agreements, and other performance oriented legal issues;

VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN: including fine arts, issues of consignment of artworks to art dealers, moral rights of sculptors regarding works in public places; and industrial design, issues related to the protection of graphic design elements in products;

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