Comment Re:Music Industry Attorneys are on Retainer (Score 1) 497
I agree with most of what you said, except your point about 'attorneys on retainer.'
I assume you meant on staff, as a retainer is actually just up-front cash and is returned if not used at the end of representation.
Attorneys on staff are no different from programmers on staff- more work=more attorneys=more cost. Less work=less attorneys=less cost. It's just not true that they are pursuing minor offenses because they've got these hired guns just lazing around the break room.
They pursue minor offenses because of the concept of 'sleeping on your rights'. If they once deem an infringement of their rights acceptable, they will in effect lose those rights, because future infringers (big and small) will point to that once and assert that the rights have been abandoned and/or that the damages done by the infringement must be zero.
I assume you meant on staff, as a retainer is actually just up-front cash and is returned if not used at the end of representation.
Attorneys on staff are no different from programmers on staff- more work=more attorneys=more cost. Less work=less attorneys=less cost. It's just not true that they are pursuing minor offenses because they've got these hired guns just lazing around the break room.
They pursue minor offenses because of the concept of 'sleeping on your rights'. If they once deem an infringement of their rights acceptable, they will in effect lose those rights, because future infringers (big and small) will point to that once and assert that the rights have been abandoned and/or that the damages done by the infringement must be zero.
