Practice
Schipper Legal offers tailor made legal advice, representation and litigation. For all legal issues related to music, entertainment, events, media, design, fashion and photography, Schipper Legal welcomes you.
Intellectual property
Protection, use and exploitation of creativity and goodwill. Music, entertainment, images, design, events and concepts. Advice, negotiations and litigation related to intellectual property. By using legal tools like copyrights, neighbouring rights, trade mark rights, design (model) rights, trade name rights and database rights.
Music law
Agreements related to music from A to Z: artist-, title- and recording agreements, producer agreements, master purchase agreements, deal memos (LOI), distribution agreements, licenses, 360 agreements (full rights deals), publishing agreements, management agreements, booking agreements, performance agreements. Copyrights and neighbouring rights. Artist branding. Merchandise, sponsorships and endorsements. Digital exploitation. Plagiarism and sound sampling. Collecting rights societies like Buma/Stemra and SENA. Disputes related to music rates.
Contract law
Agreements related to music, entertainment, events, media, design, fashion and photography. Advice, representation and litigation related to music agreements, licenses, merchandise, sponsorships, branding, production agreements, instruction agreements, agency agreements, franchise, distribution, cooperation agreements, deal memos (LOI), non-disclosure agreements and general terms and conditions. See also the CHECKS.
Media law
Defamation and unlawful publications. Freedom of expression, privacy and reputation damage. Digital use and exploitation of creative content. Portrait and image rights, such as those of artists.
Information and privacy law
Intellectual property related to information (data), hardware, software and databases. Apps and digital platforms. Digital use and exploitation of creative content. Agreements and general terms and conditions. Internet, social media and domain names. Processing and use of personal data. Privacy and Big Data.
Administrative law, government and municipality
Advice and representation related to governmental and municipal policies and licenses for events and festivals.
Litigation
Litigation related to music, entertainment, events, media, design, fashion and photography. Intellectual property rights infringements. Defamation and unlawful use of portrait and image rights. Disputes related to the conclusion, content and interpretation of agreements. Plagiarism and sound sampling. Disputes related to music rates.
CHECK music agreements
Schipper Legal offers creative talents the possibility to have checked their agreement(s) by an experienced entertainment lawyer. To avoid future problems and disputes. If you are a DJ, VJ, producer, artist, composer, lyricist, designer or another creative entrepreneur in the ‘nightlife industry’, think ahead and have your agreement(s) checked. Schipper Legal will provide you with a tailor made advice in an approachable way.
Our CHECKS:
- publishing agreements
- artist-, title- and recording agreements
- 360 agreements (full rights deals)
- license agreements
- producer agreements
- master purchase agreements
- distribution agreements
- management agreements
- booking agreements
- performance agreements
- merchandise, sponsorship, branding and endorsement agreements
- cooperation agreements
- instruction agreements
- deeds of assignment of rights
- general terms and conditions
Send your agreement(s) for a CHECK to Schipper Legal and ask for an offer with fee quote and conditions.