Williamson & Young: Clients & Links

In Fond Memory of Angela Cara Pancrazio: Angela Pancrazio, journalist, photographer and friend to many.
4th Edition of the Musician's Business & Legal Guide: Ed. by Mark Halloran. Includes an in-depth chapter about why you want to get your agreements in writing in order to protect your copyrights. Written by Kathleen Williamson
KXCI FM - Tucson/Arizona's Community Supported Radio: Kathleen is serving her second term as a member of the Board of Directors for KXCI. Tune in, listen, enjoy, volunteer, contribute!
The Sliding Scale (TM) MySpace: This informal site will host blogs and discussions, interactions with musicians and other artists.
The Sliding Scale (TM): Kathleen offers sliding scale rates to working musicians and artists, and to non-profs. Find me on myspace at www.myspace.com/theslidingscale and be my friend.
kathleen's songwriting page

Representative Clients

Ralph Moore - Father of the Miniature Rose
MurphySpeaking Films, LLC
Blake Hines - Artist - Photographer
Ronn Spencer - Artist, Photographer
Brendan Guy Murphy / Actor
Cross Cultural Dance Resources
Dr. Rubin Naiman, Author and Software Producer
R. Carlos Nakai
QWaves Films
Katie Lee, Folksinger, Songwriter, Author, Filmmaker
No Frills Company Theatre
ML Lincoln, FilmMaker and Photographer
Bev Seckinger, Filmmaker
Invisible Theatre
Edward McCain Photography
Judy Miller - Photographer, Artist
Dave and Cindy Wing - Filmmakers
Gretchen Raisch, Visual Artist
YR Records
Javalina's Coffee and Friends
The Children's Annex - upcoming film "Differently Abled" -
Sistah Blue
Jerome Historical Society
Gary MacKender, Tucson Bandleader and Music Promoter
Build-A-Buckle

Informative Links

Manny the Sniff Dog Croaks / WIRED BLOG David Kravets: A must read. It's all become so surreal.
How the RIAA cases work (or don't work): Written by Ray Beckerman, Esq.
Basic Facts about Trademarks
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual
EFF Bloggers Legal Guide
Arizona Revised Statutes Criminal Code
Fair Trade Music US! Boycott RIAA products: Buy used CDs, buy local unsigned artists, go out and support local live music. The RIAA uses your money to sue poor people for 1000x the actual damages of a p2p download. Almost 30,000 people have been sued in the last 4 years with settelements at about $4,000 per case. Do the Math. People are still asking why the RIAA hasn't kept up with current technology? A: they'd rather litigate than innovate.
Professor William Patry Copyright Blog: A former professor from Yeshiva University's Cardozo School of Law in NYC, where Kathleen received her LLM in Intellectual Property Law (Copyright Law and Trademark Law) in 2005. Kathleen studied Copyright Law and Comparative Copyright Law with Professor Justin Hughes and International Copyright Law with Adjunct Peter Skolnik, who is also the attorney for David Chase (Sopranos) and the estate of Vladimir Nabokov. Professor Skolnik was once Patry's copyright student at Yeshiva.
American Songwriters Guild: A worthy nonprofit organization for professional or aspiring songwriters
US Copyright Laws: Up to date complete US Copyright Law in pdf or html
Fair Use and User Generated Videos -CSM Report
Documentary FilmMaker's Fair Use Statement
Georgia Harper Copyright Crash Course