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Legal
Consulting and In-Court Representation
Winheller Attorneys at Law advise musicians, composers, lyricists,
performing artists, music publishers, subpublishers, record
labels, music and video producers, music bands, orchestras,
conductors, sound engineers, CD manufacturers, radio and TV
broadcasters, festival and concert managers, and others related
to the music industry on copyright, trademark, labor, financial,
and tax law issues in Germany and internationally. We draft
the necessary contracts, check and audit GEMA-, GVL-, and other
royalty payments, protect and enforce your intellectual property
rights including names and logos in and out of court, and advise
you on tax and financial issues.
We represent our clients before the civil, labor, and tax courts
as well as in arbitration proceedings.
Drafting & Negotiating Contracts
We draft and negotiate contracts. In order to render a music
career successful, solid and diligently drafted agreements are
essential to lay solid legal foundations among all participants
and to proficiently publish, distribute, and market upcoming
releases. Winheller Attorneys at Law stand for the drafting
and negotiating of quality contracts which live up to international
standards.
We draft and negotiate in particular:
- Exclusive recording artist agreements
- Demo recording agreements
- Publishing agreements
- Co-publishing agreements
- Subpublishing agreements
- Income participation agreements
- Composer employment agreements
- Film composing agreements
- Single song agreement
- Exclusive songwriter agreements
- Joint works split agreements
- Work-made-for-hire acknowledgements
- Sampling license agreements
- Independent record producer agreements
- Employment of band member agreements
- Musician employment agreements
- Music supervisor employment agreements
- Personal manager agreements
- Business manager agreements
- Music distribution agreements
- Online distribution agreements (webcasting, streaming, etc.)
- Label-Internet distribution agreements
- Original cast album agreements
- Music video production agreements
- Inducement letters
- Partnership agreements among group members
- Commercial music agreements
- Purchase of song catalogue agreements
- Copyright assignments
- Trademark license agreements
- Synchronization license agreements
- Master use license agreements
- Ancillary rights agreements
- Tour and concert agreements
- Live performance agreements
- Engagement of artist agreements
- Lighting production services agreements
- Transportation agreements for equipment and staging
- Tour merchandising license agreements
- Tour sponsorship agreements
- Product endorsement agreements
- Sheet music agreements
- Administration agreements
- General services agreements
- Promotion agreements
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