Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer
PALM SPRINGS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LAWYER SEBASTIAN GIBSON
When Your Work Has Been Used By Others And You’ve Suffered Damages, Call Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Attorney Sebastian Gibson
There is probably no other profession than the music business where California Music Lawyers spend so much of their time advising their clients how to avoid being taken advantage of. So many people will try to take advantage of you when you are starting out as an artist or musician, if you don’t have a lawyer your career may end before you ever start. When you are just starting out, and if you have talent, the entertainment industry sees you as a buffet table with nothing to discourage them from returning over and over to take as much as they can. Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can put an end to such actions.
It has been in the book publishing and literary rights area that our largest ever settlement was obtained by Palm Springs copyright infringement lawyer Sebastian Gibson.
Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has been recognized by Palm Springs Life Magazine as One of the Top Lawyers of 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011. He’s been called “Brilliant” and “A Legend.” If you want a top Palm Springs copyright infringement lawyer on your side, call Sebastian Gibson. Call us today at (760) 776-1810.
Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has over 40 years of experience both in the U.S. and internationally. He is a published author, an accomplished musician and also the author of a stage musical. With law degrees in both the U.S. and the U.K. he has also written for both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal newspapers. He has represented musicians, music publishers and copyright holders and represented clients in copyright and trademark infringement litigation.
While it’s easier to record and market your own music today than just a decade ago, to make it to the next level, you still need the music industry as much as they need you. If they could sing or dance without you they would. But they can’t. The trick is to see that they don’t take everything from you and to receive the compensation you should receive for your talent and abilities.
Music contracts are notoriously long, complicated and almost undecipherable to all but a music lawyer. Thirty page contracts are nothing unusual in this business. And there are so many contracts you will be faced with as a musician. Sign the wrong contract and you can be married to a bad agent, promoter, manager, distribution deal, publishing deal or record company and have your career over before it ever began.
Besides the issues you will face with copyrighting your music and trademarking your band name and logo, if you have one, there are management contracts, recording agreements, publishing contracts, agent contracts, distribution deals, licensing contracts, promotion deals, festival and concert contracts, producer agreements and that doesn’t even get into the complex issues contained in many of these agreements.
A music lawyer must have knowledge of synchronization rights, digital rights, peer to peer file swapping, sampling, mechanical licenses, copyright infringement, publishing, advertising law, immigration, employment law, negotiation, and have a good understanding of how music is made from mixing to mastering, from the roles of the producer to the needs of the musicians.
And yet, for the music lawyer, there is little that is as rewarding as being part of the recording process or helping a group or an artist make it to the big time.
My advice to musicians just starting out and being presented with any type of contract is that having their contract reviewed by a music lawyer is essential. You are likely being presented with the most one-sided type of contract in any business or profession. They are written by the attorneys for the company or manager who is handing it to you with absolutely no attempt to be even handed.
Worst of all, at this stage in your career, you have little leverage. No matter how good you think your music is, the music world is littered with great musicians who signed horrible contracts that stifled if not ended their careers. If you have to do an extra gig and save the money to have a contract reviewed, that’s what you need to do. Get yourselves a good music lawyer. Retain an entertainment lawyer who knows the music business and one, preferably, who is interested in music.
The Right Choice in Entertainment Law
Whether you’re an aspiring musician, writer or an established member of the entertainment industry, finding the right entertainment attorney to guide and develop your career is the best way not only to protect your interests but also to attain the recognition you deserve for your talents.
Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer Sebastian Gibson offers artists in the area with over 35 years of representing entertainment clients and is ready to assist you in all of your entertainment aspects. We can help whether you need protection against those who would profit from the unauthorized use of your name or image in advertising or need copyright or trademark protection.
We can scrutinize an endorsement deal, review and negotiate a modeling agency contract, or draft every type of film production agreement that’s needed in the industry. We can draft artist management contracts, represent you in litigation, or simply provide advice in regards to your aspect of the entertainment industry. We stand ready to assist you in all of your endeavors.
In working with Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, you’re working with a entertainment attorney who has law degrees both in California and in Great Britain, who was a former musician who performed on the stage internationally and on national TV, the creator of a stage musical recorded in London, a published book author and a writer for California’s top two legal newspapers. He understands the unique difficulties creative people face today and the many ways talented people are taken advantage of.
Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson
The Law Firm of Sebastian Gibson does not act on behalf of clients as a music agent or as a literary agent. If you’re looking for someone to help you find someone in the music industry to listen to your music or someone to read your book, you need to look for an agent to represent you. However, if you need a Palm Springs copyright infringement lawyer or entertainment attorney to review your contract, assist you with copyrights or trademarks or pursue litigation on your behalf, call us for a consultation.
When you need the best music lawyer for a music, copyright infringement or other entertainment matter, consider Sebastian Gibson. With offices in Palm Desert and Newport Beach, our lawyers can assist you with your music, manuscript and every variety of copyrights in the Coachella Valley, Orange County, throughout Southern California and internationally as well.
Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has a prestigious history of helping individuals with their copyrights and trademarks and business matters throughout the Coachella Valley from Palm Springs to Palm Desert, Indio and Coachella and in the upper desert from Yucca Valley to Twentynine Palms as well as in San Diego, Orange County, on the Central Coast of California and internationally.
If you’ve had your intellectual property used without your permission, call attorney Sebastian Gibson. Named a Top Lawyer for 12 years in a row by Palm Springs Life, it’s not surprising Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has also been recognized as a “Superb” Lawyer by Avvo, their highest rating, which rates attorneys all across the U.S.
With law degrees in both California and in Great Britain, and decades of experience in California and internationally as well in areas such as copyright and trademark protection, business contracts, publishing, modeling and entertainment, and international law, Palm Springs Copyright Infringement Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has been the attorney of choice for decades by individuals with the need of an experienced entertainment lawyer with the experience to handle matters in a swift and cost effective manner.
Business and entertainment matters are handled at an hourly rate or a flat rate which we will endeavor to make affordable to your situation.
