Peter J. Speroni, Esq.

11/22/2021

Unity for Games makes significant move into the Metaverse landscape by purchasing Peter Jackson's Weta Digital.

The new internet is here.

Unity just made a big move. The Metaverse is approaching. Some say it's the "new internet". Powered by technology, the Metaverse...

10/29/2021

Parlatore Law Group Entertainment Law Division specializes in record label, publishing, and music management contracts.

It was a pleasure to work alongside Timothy C Parlatore to settle this matter for Tommy Vext, former lead singer of the Bad Wolves.

It was a pleasure working alongside Timothy Parlatore to settle this matter for Tommy Vext. As Billboard points out, Allen Kovac and Bad Wolves have ...

09/29/2021

Our newest episode of Law in the Limelight - Copyright Basics.

09/24/2021

09/22/2021

Check out our newest Lime Slice episode.

Earlier in 2021, Zendaya made headlines when she announced that she and co-star/co-producer John David Washington were sharing equity in their new film "Malc...

08/14/2021

Saturday morning NFT talk. Why not ?

Let's talk about some of the new updates we've recently seen surrounding the future of NFTs. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lawinthelimelight

08/10/2021

Parlatore Law Group Presents Law in the Limelight's newest episode:

***Billboard's Highest Paid Musicians for 2020-21***

Tune in as Wynton Yates, Esq., Max Hass, Attorney at Law and I, discuss the musicians who made the list, and the types of revenue streams that were included in the calculation. (streaming, publishing, touring and sales).

Our hosts also discuss the many alternative revenue streams that did not make the list, but may be available to musicians.

The Law in the Limelight crew decided to comb through Billboards recently released list of the top 40 highest paid music artists. It's a great chance for us ...

08/09/2021

NFTs Smart Contracts:

Enter Algorand

What we know generally about technology:

1. Faster
2. More Secure
3. Cost Effective
4. Financial Clarity

ALGO's purpose is clear: "Our foundational is purpose built for the future of finance; optimized for new asset types like the new transactional needs, fast, secure, and cost effective."

ALGO's SMART Contracts aim to revolutionize the collection of intellectual property royalty streams and .

With the complexity (and headaches) of Copyright Flags and Content ID Flags, creators often panic and feel helpless when faced with the reality that they must police their own copyrights.

ALGO's SMART contracts hopes to change this by making copyright royalty streams clearly traceable, detailed, secured and cost effective.

The ALGO coin is available on Coinbase Pro (and other sites) and is currently trading at around .09, a 4 cent jump from three days ago.

https://lnkd.in/dWr8Fq3f

Defining the standard for blockchain technology with the first-of-its-kind pure proof-of-stake protocol built to support the scale, open participation, and transaction finality for billions of users

08/04/2021

*Super Thanks* the newest monetization tool from allows viewers to tip their favorite content creators' channels.
But just where is the money going?

Total *Super Thanks* Tip Money Collected:
Youtube gets 30%
Content Creator gets 70%

(**In comparison, competitor Twitch takes 50% of all streaming revenue for a similar service.**)

But, what if the content creator only created some of the featured content? For instance, what if they co-produced a song that is featured on their channel? Do they keep the entire 70% tip? Should they? After all, to qualify for Super Thanks you must also be admitted to Youtube's Partner Program, which recently added many new requirements for qualifying entry.

Call it what you will, "tipping" can still be revenue associated with copyrights. Copyright owners often contract away the life of their copyrights and those agreements, quite detailed, can include language that might easily grab "tip money" as an offshoot of copyright revenue.

Tipping someone as a creator, for something they did not fully create, will soon be problematic, especially if Super Thanks is widely used and successful.

Adding more opportunities for content creators to earn revenue is a good thing. Getting the tip money in the rights hands may be something entirely different.

YouTube announced its latest feature, Super Thanks, on Tuesday. This is YouTube’s fourth Paid Digital Good, which is what the platform calls any product that lets fans directly pay creators. So far, these tools include Super Chat, Super Stickers and channel subscriptions — but Super Tha…

07/29/2021

Parlatore Law Group Presents Law in the Limelight’s newest episode. Check it out !

Three entertainment attorneys talk entertainment news & emerging copyright markets. Tune in every Wednesday @ 2pm for new content uploaded across all major p...

07/27/2021

Rolling Stone gets it.

may have flooded the market. The bubble burst. Who cares? The element was always a distraction.

The NFT element must be paid attention to!

are evolving. The evolution is exponential. The industry is beginning to see it. Embrace the because of its utility, not its novelty.

Don't look away now. More to come...Follow our entertainment law podcast/subscribe on youtube for ongoing NFT news and content: Law in the Limelight

** Follow here for updated NFT content. The world is about to flip on its head. ? ? *Yawn* Those are so 2021.... The is bright.

The wild boom and bust of art NFTs made many onlookers wary of blockchain-based technology — but new developments in gaming, ticketing, and music royalties reveal NFTs’ true power