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Entertainment & Sports,
Intellectual Property

Jun. 21, 2023

Maximizing the value of musical composition copyright catalogs

Thorough pre-sale preparation can increase value and expedite closing.

Henry W. Root

Partner
Entertainment Law Group, LLP

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The market for the sale and acquisition of music publishing catalog sales continues unabated, though with the rise in interest rates increasing the cost of money, the purchase prices being paid are leveling off, if not trending downward. Recently reported catalog sales include the works of Leon Russell to Primary Wave Music (which recently partnered with Brookfield Asset Management in a $2 billion transaction to invest in music copyrights), Hipgnosis Song Fund report...

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