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Music Licensing Basics: How to Legally Use Someone’s Music in Your Business

July 18, 2017  | Wendy Peterson and Jonathan Hyman

At a recent ACC-SoCal DoubleHeader event, Wendy Peterson, Jonathan Hyman, Partners at Knobbe Martens, and Allison Hushneck, AGC to the World Poker Tour, presented on Music Licensing Basics: How to Legally Use Someone’s Music in Your Business. 

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Wendy Peterson
General Counsel
Orange County
wendy.peterson@knobbe.com
949-760-0404
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Jonathan Hyman
Partner
Los Angeles
jonathan.hyman@knobbe.com
310-551-3450

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