Legal Question in Entertainment Law in New York

unpaid bill

..I was contracted by a band to recored a Full Cd. My contract was to be completed before the start of the project but that never happened, We completed the CD in 19 days and basically I put in 15 to 20 hour days to make it happen.I mixed the entire CD to 1/2'' analog tape and set up mastering .As standard practices I gave the band members lo-fi 16 bit CD burns of the masters to reference for themself's. I held the master 1/2'' mixes and the master hard drives thinking that would be enough to make sure my contract was complete. This guy had the reference cd mastered by some hack,released it and put my good name on it compromising my impeccable reputation as a professional engineer. In the end I'm out 19 days of my day rate ($100 per hr) plus overtime and interest ( i've been being strung along for over 2 years now)all my travel and meal expense my commission on the studio rental and the tarnish of my good name on a inferior CD that the whole industry heard. I have all my emails and correspondence's saved in regard to this and can call the studio owner as well for back up


Asked on 2/16/09, 2:03 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Steven Mark Steven Paul Mark, Attorney at Law

Re: unpaid bill

If you're asking if you can recover for the unpaid bill it would see you have sufficient grounds. After 2 years of being strung out your best bet is to take them to court if they're viable.

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Answered on 2/16/09, 2:10 pm


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