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	<title type="text">The Primacy Firm</title>
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	<updated>2016-07-18T18:36:56Z</updated>

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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[ACCESS &#8212; NOT CONTENT &#8212; IS KING]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=1055</id>
		<updated>2016-07-18T18:36:56Z</updated>
		<published>2016-07-18T18:36:56Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The future of music is access. Forget sales and mechanical royalties, forget airplay and performance royalties. Those terms no longer represent how consumers use music. Today it&#8217;s all about access &#8212; to any song, by any artist, anyplace and anytime. But access doesn&#8217;t have to mean &#8220;free.&#8221; We have access to electricity most anyplace we [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Will the SESAC-HFA Merger Prove to Be a Licensing Game Changer?]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=1036</id>
		<updated>2015-07-08T02:40:02Z</updated>
		<published>2015-07-08T02:40:02Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The rumor has been around the mill for over a year.  Today that changed.  SESAC, one of the three performing rights organizations in the US and the only one which does not operate under a consent decree, has closed the deal to purchase the Harry Fox Agency, the largest mechanical royalties collection service in the US. What [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Is it all just a bunch of &#8220;Monkey (Selfie) Business&#8221;?]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=1018</id>
		<updated>2014-08-07T17:18:27Z</updated>
		<published>2014-08-07T17:17:34Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[What do you get when you cross an accessible camera with a curious monkey? (No, this is not the set up for a joke.)   You get a monkey selfie, of course!  It could be argued that some of the photos on Instagram and Facebook look like they could have been of primate origin, but I digress.  Furthering the &#8220;who [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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			<name>The Primacy Firm</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Young Entertainment Professionals&#8211;Q&#038;A]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=1014</id>
		<updated>2014-07-28T21:28:13Z</updated>
		<published>2014-07-28T21:28:13Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Young Entertainment Professionals, or YEP, is network focused on creating a platform for the entertainment industry to thrive in a supportive and creative environment for the betterment of its members as well as the industry as a whole via networking events, showcases and educational development.   I was asked recently to answer a few questions for [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Jay Z Faces Sound Engineer&#8217;s Bold Claim Over Song Rights]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=1010</id>
		<updated>2014-07-13T19:02:21Z</updated>
		<published>2014-07-13T19:01:58Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Can music engineers and producers, as independent contractors, claim ownership (in part) to the sound recordings on which they work?  The ruling in this lawsuit involving Jay-Z and Chauncey Mahan could impact how that question is answered.  Click HERE to read more.]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sony/ATV threatens to withdraw from ASCAP and BMI]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=1005</id>
		<updated>2014-07-12T02:49:27Z</updated>
		<published>2014-07-12T02:46:05Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Another shot across the bow in the increasingly heated discourse about streaming rates.  While I may not agree that withdrawing from the PROs is the long term solution, there is no doubt that the consent decrees need to be reviewed and revised.  To read more, click HERE.]]></summary>

		
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		<updated>2014-07-09T20:55:34Z</updated>
		<published>2014-07-09T20:55:24Z</published>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=968</id>
		<updated>2014-07-09T20:54:42Z</updated>
		<published>2014-07-09T20:54:42Z</published>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Breaking the First Commandment of Legal Billing]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=841</id>
		<updated>2014-07-10T23:00:00Z</updated>
		<published>2014-07-06T01:19:14Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[When I started my law practice a few years ago, I was certain that inscribed on some ancient legal manuscript were the words “Thou Shalt Bill Hourly.”  I attempted to adhere to this widely accepted practice, but without much success.  Had I joined a firm, as opposed to hanging out my own shingle immediately after law school, perhaps I would have developed a different view of hourly billing – or at very least, been forced to master the task.   But despite the tips and tricks offered by experienced, well-meaning attorneys, as well as trying various software solutions, I failed miserably at keeping up with my hours.  Simply put, the process of hourly billing felt unnatural to me.]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Major Publishers Awarded $6.6 Million in Lyrics Lawsuit&#8211;Music Row]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.theprimacyfirm.com/?p=702</id>
		<updated>2012-10-13T16:27:44Z</updated>
		<published>2012-10-13T16:27:44Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The NMPA and plaintiffsWarner/Chappell Music, Peermusic and BMG (Bug Music Inc.) were granted $6.6 million for copyright infringement from various websites under the umbrella of LiveUniverse and its owner, MySpace founder Brad Greenspan, on Oct. 9.  Read more.]]></summary>

		
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