MUSIC
Claire Prugnier Avocats is dedicated to providing legal advice and support to all stockholders in the music industry, whether you are DJs, artists, authors, composers, producers, publishers, managers, or distributors. We offer the following services in particular:
- Negotiation of Contracts: We negotiate all types of contracts in your best interest, both in French and in English, including artist-performer contracts, licensing agreements, distribution agreements, co-publishing agreements, sub-publishing agreements, synchronization agreements, remix agreements, producer agreements, recording agreements, performance agreements, and other preferential pacts. We leverage our in-depth knowledge of the sector to not only negotiate the best terms but also to ensure that the associated remunerations are as favorable as possible to your interests.
- Royalties Audits: We audit your royalty statements, assisted, if necessary, by accounting experts in France and abroad who have genuine expertise in this area.
- Administrative Assistance: We provide administrative assistance by, for example, registering artists and authors with the relevant collective management organizations and ensuring the proper receipt of your rights.
- Pre-litigation Management: We manage pre-litigation issues through actions such as issuing demands for payment, contract termination notices, and cease-and-desist orders for unauthorized use of works or recordings.
Where applicable, we ensure :
- the support of musical experts in France and abroad
- draft the settlement protocols that will close the agreement reached between our clients and the opposing party, in both French and English.
If necessary, we take legal action on behalf of our clients, either on the merits or in summary proceedings for infringement or payment, before the competent courts in all French jurisdictions (with the help of a network of attorneys present in all regions of France).
We can also follow up international actions through our network of specialized attorneys around the world.
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