JazzAgeLawyer

IP lawyer, teacher, writer. "A born storyteller." -Peter Jaszi. "Leavens legal history with showbiz anecdote, and insight with amusement." -Wall Street Journal

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

Publication day! The force behind the Great American Songbook and Golden Age of Hollywood, Nathan Burkan. #Chaplin's closest friend, founder of #ASCAP. "A first-rate story and previously untold one." "A great read!"

Learn more and read excerpts: https://t.co/q5OwI9xF40.

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

@TheRickWilson Not going to happen, but Harris campaign should make RFK the de facto running mate. Vance wasn't weird enough it turns out.

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

@Mae_Westside Hi - I'm familiar with your excellent blog. And yes, maybe 25% of my book is about the founding and first 20 years of ASCAP. That, and the People v. Mae West, were focal points in my Lambs talk.
https://t.co/n2DgbEmAnM

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

Had the privilege of speaking to The Lambs, America’s oldest theatrical club, about their sainted former member, Jazz Age Lawyer Nathan Burkan, sharing stories about his legendary clients, including Victor Herbert, Charlie Chaplin, Sam Goldwyn, Mae West.
https://t.co/GaZMy0nboG

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

Had the privilege of speaking to The Lambs, America’s oldest theatrical club, about their sainted former member, Jazz Age Lawyer Nathan Burkan, sharing stories about his legendary clients, including Victor Herbert, Charlie Chaplin, Sam Goldwyn, Mae West.
https://t.co/GaZMy0nboG

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

Paul Simon sold his publishing rights for 9 figures just as we mark 100 years since Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern received their first quarterly performance royalty checks-$166.

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

NEW POST: 100 years ago this month, U.S. songwriters received their first-ever royalties for the public performance of their works, revolutionizing the business and the sound of American popular music. "100 Years of Whacking the Music Melon"
https://t.co/2U7YSCHQu6

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

NEW POST: 100 years ago this month, U.S. songwriters received their first-ever royalties for the public performance of their works, revolutionizing the business and the sound of American popular music. "100 Years of Whacking the Music Melon"
https://t.co/2U7YSCHQu6

[Abby North @northmusicgroup]

Happy anniversary to performance royalties! #collectiverightsmanagement

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

100 years ago this month, U.S. songwriters received their first-ever royalties for the public performance of their works. It was the start of a revolution not just in the business of American popular music, but in its sound as well.
https://t.co/2U7YSCHQu6

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

How long before Trump's trademark lawyers are sending cease and desist letters to the deplorables?

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

"Rosen’s work is clear and legally informative, but it’s also quite fun: it’s both legal and cultural history, and the author has a fine wit . . . Adventures recites some great tales, some of them quite scandalous."

https://t.co/BijyZvm6SG

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

"A story so extraordinary that the reminder that the content is all true comes with a jolt. It is structured with such a literary touch that it almost invites adaptation into biopic which would rival Orson Welles’s enigmatic masterpiece," Citizen Kane.

https://t.co/3x8d0iuX8Z

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

"Rosen’s work is clear and legally informative, but it’s also quite fun: it’s both legal and cultural history, and the author has a fine wit . . . Adventures recites some great tales, some of them quite scandalous."

https://t.co/BijyZvm6SG

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

"For the lay reader, the real treat is Rosen’s deft handling of Burkan’s life and times, plus the stories of his famous clients who managed to mess up their lives in outsized ways."

The Exploits of an A-List Attorney https://t.co/fRAtHPYdDj

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

"Rosen’s a good writer with a fun story to tell, and his enthusiasm make Jazz Age Lawyer a delightful read. He loves these characters. (Burkan is the kind of lawyer that, in a different age, Tom Wolfe would celebrate.)"

https://t.co/VYz2DI09fF

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

"Rosen’s a good writer with a fun story to tell, and his enthusiasm make Jazz Age Lawyer a delightful read. He loves these characters. (Burkan is the kind of lawyer that, in a different age, Tom Wolfe would celebrate.)"

https://t.co/VYz2DI09fF

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

In packing up some research related to Adventures of a Jazz Age Lawyer, I was reminded of this little piece of feel-good Electoral College history. In 1933, NY state's electors donated their expense reimbursements ($2140 total) to FDRs Warm Springs Foundation.

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

Everyday is a battle against an encroaching state of nature. Yesterday we attacked the discolored grout in the kitchen tile. Today planning an offensive against a couple of unruly hairs on the back of my neck.

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

@NicoKuhlmann @BriskeRobert Ich bin sehr dankbar!

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

Thanks, Zvi. If it told you anything you didn't already know about copyright history, mission accomplished! #copyight @ascap #musicpublishing @the_MPA

[Zvi S. Rosen @zvisrosen]

I just finished @GaryARosen's "Adventures of a Jazz Age Lawyer," and I can't recommend it enough - if you want to understand the origins of @ASCAP, the 1909 Copyright Act, and the origins of the modern music business, it's essential reading: https://t.co/NR3OntOa8S

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

@byagoda It was abridged from the Guardian for twitter. E.g. https://t.co/rqGPCdx55y Also saw it without the preposition "for" but can't located that now.

[JazzAgeLawyer @GaryARosen]

Attention @byagoda Latest news raises two one-off Britishism questions: "Dominic Raab is deputizing while Boris Johnson is in hospital." (1) Is this intransitive verb "deputize" standard (versus "B. Johnson deputized D. Raab")? (2) Why doesn't hospital take a definite article?