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Twitter as X: Trademarkx

Trademark Scams Aplenty

Wixen v Triller: Apps must pay for music

Tim Pool, Chris Pool, and the Subverse Trademark

Inventors: Beware of Scams!

Trademarks for Cannabis, Hemp, CBD Products

Up Down Periscope!  Twitter's New Logo Not Creative Enough for Copright

Trademark office hammers down on fake uses

Intellectual Property Basics in 5 minutes

Big Changes in Copyright Registration

Flossin', the Backpack Kid, Lawsuits. and Copyright Law

Important Copyright Case before the US Supreme Court 

Five Perisistent Myths about Copyright

Cyberstalking: Illinois

What Hack3rs D0

Copyright Bare Basics

Racism and Abuse on Twitter

Freedom of Speech and Social Media

Why I Use Blogger

How to Work with a Creative Lawyer

Legal Checklist for Apps, Websites, and SaaS

Terms of Service for Your Website

Starting a Website Biz? 3 Huge Mistakes

Trademark Registration: Have a Real Lawyer Do It

Naming Your Creative Business

Federal Computer Crimes List

Federal Computer Crime Laws: More Info/ Why I write about them

Why I Use Blogger

Deep Web Secrecy and Security

Trademarking Your Band Name/ Creative Business Name While You Still Can

Copyright on Songs: News

Racism and Abuse on Twitter

Streamer Journalist Code of Ethics

Virtual Teahouse

Filing a Complaint with the FCC

Dot Gov vs Dot Com: Beware of Fake Government Websites

How to Run a Prison Blog

Courrier: Thoughtful Rock Band Marketing

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Alphabetically

  • Youtube: How to Make a School Spirit Video for Youtube
  • Youtube Songs Letter
  • WHY Myspace Used to be the Ideal Place for Rock Bands/ The Death of Myspace
  • Why I Use Blogger
  • What is a Talent Agent and How Do I Get One?
  • What is a Music Talent Developer?
  • What is a Music Booker or Booking Agent?
  • What is a Contract?
  • What Hackers Do
  • Wes Humpston: Skateboard Artist, original Dogtown Skater
  • Volunteer: Give and Get
  • Voice Coach: Interview with Cari Cole
  • Venues Beyond Bars: In-Store Musical Performances
  • Venue Safety
  • Vendome Underpass Tent City, Los Angeles
  • Valentines - free cards
  • Using Songs in a Film Legally: Synch Rights, Part 2 - What about Music Licensors?
  • Using Songs in a Film Legally - Synch Rights
  • Universal City Walk Hollywood- How to Perform There
  • Twitter Periscope Logo Denied Copyright
  • Tung Tung Sahur - Copyright and Trademark
  • Trademarks for Creative People
  • Trademarks for Cannabis, Hemp, and CBD Products
  • Trademarking Your Band Name/ Creative Business Name: Do it Now While You Still Can
  • Trademark Scams Aplenty
  • Trademark Registration: Have a Real Lawyer Do it
  • Trademark Office: Good News
  • Trademark Office hammers down on fake uses
  • Toward a new Record Label structure
  • Top Ten Warnings in the Entertainment Fields
  • Terms of Service for Your Website
  • Ten Reasons to Invest in Independent Films
  • Taryn DeCicco: DIY Indie Rock Promotion
  • Tao of Street Performing
  • Synch Licensing: Using a Song in a Film or Video
  • Substance Abuse: Mental Health and Music: Interview with Dr. Patrick Gunderson
  • Street Performing in Chicago: with Patrick Tinning
  • Street Performing as Public Service
  • Street Performers: Some Favorite Acts
  • Streamer Journalist Code of Ethics
  • Starting a Website Biz? 3 Huge Mistakes
  • Sound Exchange Can Make You Money
  • So You Want to be a Hip Hop Star?
  • Should You Use Form Contracts from the Internet or a Book?
  • Selling Beats
  • Sean Giovanni, Nashville Music Producer/ Balcony TV Nashville
  • Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade Street Performer's License
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Trademark
  • Rock Bands and Mid-Life Crisis
  • Rock Band Legal Troubles and How to Avoid Them
  • Rob Adler on Acting, Teaching Acting to Children and Adults, Games, and Other Thoughts
  • Recording and Producing: Interview with Joe Connors at Paragon
  • Recording a Cover Song: Most Basic Things in Music Law #1
  • Real Life Stories
  • Raising Children: 30 Ideas
  • Protests: International Standards 2016
  • Protecting Your Band Name or Singer Name with Trademark or Service Mark
  • Picking a Name for Your Rock Band: 7 Rules
  • Pete Seeger's Songs
  • Pay-to-Play is the Boogeyman of Music
  • Part 4 . Copyright on Songs. The Basics: How to Register Copyright on Your Songs
  • Part 3. Copyright on Songs. The Basics: What Songs Can Have a Copyright?/ Creative and Original
  • Part 2. Copyright on Songs. The Basics: What Songs Can Have a Copyright?/ Tangible Form
  • Part 1. Copyright on Songs. The Basics: Getting the Words Correct. Copyright vs. Copywrite
  • Paragon Studio Trident Audio Board Refurbished
  • Naming Your Creative Business
  • Music Shows and insurance: What You Can't Do
  • Music Scams - Some Common Ones to Avoid
  • Music Scam Alert!
  • Music Samples - How to Use Them Legally
  • Music Law and Business Workshop
  • Music Artists: Does Sound Exchange Have Money for You?
  • Marijuana and Trademark
  • Manager vs. Agent
  • Leonard Cohen on Why You Need a Music Lawyer
  • Leiv Parton, Videomaker
  • Legal Checklist for Apps, Websites, and SaaS
  • Kenny Royster, Nashville Music Producer on Studio Music Work
  • Kanye West Response re Record Labels
  • Jason Lee Van Dyke Applies for "Proud Boys" Trademark
  • Inventors: Beware of Scams!
  • Intellectual Property Basics
  • Illinois Talent Agencies
  • Illinois No Guns Allowed Signs
  • Human Rights Defenders Risks
  • HTML: fun and easy!
  • How to Work with a Creative Lawyer
  • How to Run a Prison Blog
  • How to Make It in Music Today
  • How to Become a Lawyer
  • How to Be a Street Performer in Nashville
  • How to Be a Street Performer in Los Angeles and at Venice Beach
  • How to Be a Street Performer at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
  • How I Became a Member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court
  • House Concerts: How to Book and Play Them
  • Hollywood Translator
  • Hellish Prisons: Where Millions in the U.S. Reside
  • Getting Good Rock Band Photos - Interview with Magi Wangler
  • Freedom of Speech and Social Media
  • Free Music for Youtube Videos
  • Flossin', The Backpack Kid, Lawsuits, and Copyright Law
  • Five Persistent Myths About Copyright
  • Five (5) Ways to Kill a Rock Band
  • Film The Police
  • Film Distribution Expenses - Budget for Them
  • Filing a Complaint with the FCC
  • Federal Computer Crimes List
  • Fake Profiles Used for Spying, Cyberstalking, Crowdturfing, Site-fluffing
  • Dot Gov: Beware of Fake Government Websites
  • Do I Need a Lawyer for My Music and Film Stuff?
  • Disney "Let it Go" lawsuit: Think Again
  • Design for Events -Disney/ E3 2010 Gaming Show Los Angeles
  • Derivative Work - "Play that Song"
  • Depression: Mental Health and Music: Interview with Dr. Patrick Gunderson
  • Demo Reels - Why and How - with Darryl Harbeck
  • Demo Reels - Using Film Clips
  • Demo Music/ EPK - What to Include/ Leave Out
  • Deep Web Secrecy and Security
  • Cover Songs on Youtube
  • Cover Songs - Performing and Recording Them Legally
  • Courrier: Thoughtful Rock Band Marketing
  • Co-Songwriters: Basic Music Law
  • Child Singer Scams
  • Character Actor: Interview with Dave Vescio
  • Camping for Music Festivals: Creating a Campground
  • Blues Brothers - Hanson Tribute
  • BitVote Intro
  • BIKE SONG - Prayers for Atheists
  • Bike Sharing - How It works
  • Big Pimpin' Copyright Lawsuit
  • Bicycle Typogram- Cool Biking Picture by Aaron Kuehn
  • Bathroom Music Videos
  • Anonymizer: What is it?
  • Amicus Brief from Reporters Committe for Freedom of the Press
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Brat Pack
  • 5 Ways to Lift Your Spirits
  • 5 Advantages of Copyright Registration on a Song
  • "The Cave," covered by Courrier
  • "Home" by Luke Bunch

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