Arizona Entertainment Legal Questions

As a general matter, an employer may terminate any employee for any reason or no reason at all. Courts generally do not get involved in second-guessing whether the reason is a good reason or a bad reason. However, when an employee is legitimately excused from the obligations of his employment by a federal law like FMLA, then it becomes difficult to tell whether the employer's termination decision is impermissible or perfectly defensible. You will need to discuss this situation with a labor-law attorney. Unfortunately, the facts you put forth do not permit a complete analysis of the situation.... Read More

Whether you would have a problem with the Poland record label depends on the terms of the contract you signed. This could be complicated because it could involve the law of Poland, in which case you would need to find a lawyer familiar with Polish law to see if you can get out of that contract. Be sure to have an attorney review all contacts before you sign them, because it could be difficult or expensive to get out of one if there weren't terms that allow you to terminate.... Read More

If you wrote the song, you have a copyright in the song. Before you can enforce your rights in your copyright, you must register your copyright with the United States Copyright Office. It sounds like what you believe is an infringement started before you registered the copyright so you won't be able to ask for an award of attorney's fees or for "statutory damages." Don't wait too long, either, because the statute of limitations for bringing a case for copyright infringement is 3 years. See 17 USC Sec. 507 at http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#507. If you knew more than 3 years ago that your work was being infringed, it is too late to sue on that claim.... Read More