Legal Question in Entertainment Law in Virginia

Email Binding Contract

I'm a novice in the music business and was working with an artist with a manger on a song. I agreed to pay them a said amount of money upon the completion of the vocal performance. The other party did in fact complete the performance and sent me a sample of the song recorded, and wanted to collect payment. With good faith, I sent full payment to the manager, and then waited for the correct files to be sent via email. The other party did in fact send files via email, but the files were the incorrect files we need and agreed upon with the manager. Now, the other party is defaulting on the correct files and not returning any of my emails or request for information/status.

My question is since we agreed to have this artist work on a song with us via email, and sent full payment, is the email chain with the agreement on both parts a binding contract? And if so, could I seek legal action?

Thanks


Asked on 6/20/07, 5:55 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Jackson Law Office of John A. Jackson, P.C.

Re: Email Binding Contract

Yes, e-mail exchanges can be considered a binding contract. You may also seek legal action. I or another attorney that post here would be happy to speak about it with you.

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Answered on 6/21/07, 9:09 am


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