by Frank Morgan | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog
On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear the claim of filmmaker Frederick Allen and his video production company, Nautilus Productions, LLC that the Fourth Circuit erred when it held that the State of North Carolina is immune from suit for...
by Frank Morgan | Jul 25, 2018 | Blog
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that claims brought under the California Resale Royalties Act (“CRRA”), based on the resale of artwork after January 1, 1978, are expressly preempted by 17 U.S.C. § 301(a) of the U.S. Copyright...
by Frank Morgan | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
You have almost finished editing your first full-length novel and are belatedly beginning to think about how to get people to buy it. The book will be self-published, but how do you promote a self-published book? A friend suggests creating a “book trailer” that you...
by Frank Morgan | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog
Messy Mya, whose real name was Anthony Barré, was shot and killed in New Orleans on November 14, 2010. Before his death, Mya had a YouTube channel where he would post videos of himself walking around the city rapping, making jokes and often insulting people. Mya was...
by Frank Morgan | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog
Jerry Leiber, a lyricist from Baltimore, teamed up with Mike Stoller, a music composer from Long Island, in the 1950’s to write such hit songs as “Hound Dog” for “Big Mama” Thornton, later immortalized by Elvis Presley, and “Yakety Yak” for The Coasters. Felice and...
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