This interactive workshop will provide musicians, songwriters and anyone interested in the inner workings of the music industry with simplified and practical information on various legal topics, with a focus on copyrights and contracts. Anyone involved with, or interested in, the business of music should attend: solo performers, bands, managers, producers, promoters, and studio and record label owners.

Copyright topics will include the most important concepts that every musician must know: sound recording versus song composition copyrights, performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI), SoundExchange, registering your music with the Copyright Office and, most importantly, how to avoid costly mistakes and maximize income in the music business.

The discussion of music business contracts will include recording and publishing agreement basics, licensing deals, sampling agreements, management and distribution agreements, band and side-musician agreements, production deals, and more.

Presenter: Peter Vaughan Shaver, Esq. is a Portland-based arts & entertainment attorney at his firm Sound Advice, LLC. He graduated from the University of Oregon - School of Law (J.D., 1998, Certificate in Intellectual Property) and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His primary areas of legal expertise are intellectual property and general business law, with an emphasis on copyrights, trademarks, entertainment, music law, art law, Internet law, licensing, real estate and wills.

For accessibility information please contact: Tonisha Toler at 503-823-5866