QUESTION
Is it legal to email a release of rights music contract
Asked on Aug 16th, 2013 on Business Law - Pennsylvania
More details to this question:
My son is a music producer who has verbally agreed to release the rights of a few sample beats to a specific music artist. The artist's music manager has requested an address to send the legal contract releasing the music to the artist. I provided the manager with the contact information, but she emailed the contract instead of sending it through the mail. Is this legal?
1 ANSWER
There's no reason I can think of why an unsigned contract could not be emailed; I email hundreds of contracts a year. If you're asking about a contract which was already signed, it should present no problem either. Although I am not specifically familiar with Pennsylvania law, most U.S. jurisdictions have statutes providing that, unless the contract expressly requires an original non-electronic signature, an emailed or digital signature is as valid as a signature in ink.
Answered on Aug 19th, 2013 at 5:45 PM