Senior Seminar – Dino Gankendorff
Dino Gankendorff, who represents some of the major performing acts from New Orleans, talks about the Legal Issues with bands.
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Dina LaPolt – Music and Law [15 Posts]
Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, presents to an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans a wealth of advice drawn from her careers as a musician, manager and lawyer.
Click to watch clips from the forum with Dina LaPolt:
Entertainment Lawyer Dina LaPolt on Starting Her Career
Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses how her careers in music and in artist management led her to become an entertainment lawyer.
Building a Career as a Working Band
Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, offers advice to young independent artists on how to build the foundations of a long career, and on why a lawyer can be the most important person in their lives.
How Sound Exchange Works
Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, explains what Sound Exchange is, and how that organization handles payment to artists of public performance royalties generated by digital play (streaming, webcasts, internet radio). She also compares this situation, created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1995, to how terrestrial radio operates, and to the public performance royalty structures in place in the rest of the developed world.
Making Your Peace with Fans Pirating Your Music
Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses why developing artists should be thrilled to have people trading their music for free on the internet, even if its technically piracy.
What You Should Fight For (or Forget About) When Negotiating Your Recording Contract
Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, reveals what aspects of a record deal are worth fighting for, and how to tell when your relationship with your label is about to hit the skids.
Management Contracts and When You Need One
Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses management contracts when theyre necessary, when theyre not, and when, if ever, they should end.
Building Good Industry Relationships
Dina LaPolt, an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, tells how she manages to fight for what she wants from record companies, but still remain friendly with the people she deals with there.
