Joseph R. Becker recently worked as in-house counsel and head of licensing at Tuff City Records, where he negotiated and drafted various licensing arrangements with major television, movie, music, and video game companies including HBO, MTV/Vh1, CBS/Paramount, and Warner Brothers. After just a few months there, he became the key contact person on all licensing, placing songs into shows such as How I Met Your Mother and The Cleaner, films including Jim Carrey's YES MAN, Will Smith's HANCOCK, and Seth Rogan's ZAK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, and various ringtones and videogames. Joe also licensed out many samples for use in songs such as DJ Kool's LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT and Andy Samberg's group, The Lonely Island's INCREDIBAD. After working with Andy Samberg on the latter deal, Joe was solely responsible for licensing a song into the 2010 MTV Movie Awards for host Andy Samberg to rap over. Joe also hunted down copyright infringers and computed royalties for artists and songwriters. He also oversaw a major foreign distribution deal with EMI. Finally, he coordinated with outside counsel in preparation for copyright infringement and artist contract litigation. Now he is been representing clients on his own by drafting artist proposals, registering and maintaining copyrights and trademarks, negotiating and executed digital distribution agreements, and advising artists on business and legal strategy. OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Joseph R. Becker recently worked as in-house counsel and head of licensing at Tuff City Records, where he negotiated and drafted various licensing arrangements with major television, movie, music, and video game companies including HBO, MTV/Vh1, CBS/Paramount, and Warner Brothers. After just a few months there, he became the key contact person on all licensing, placing songs into shows such as How I Met Your Mother and The Cleaner, films including Jim Carrey's YES MAN, Will Smith's HANCOCK, and Seth Rogan's ZAK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, and various ringtones and videogames. Joe also licensed out many samples for use in songs such as DJ Kool's LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT and Andy Samberg's group, The Lonely Island's INCREDIBAD. After working with Andy Samberg on the latter deal, Joe was solely responsible for licensing a song into the 2010 MTV Movie Awards for host Andy Samberg to rap over. Joe also hunted down copyright infringers and computed royalties for artists and songwriters. He also oversaw a major foreign distribution deal with EMI. Finally, he coordinated with outside counsel in preparation for copyright infringement and artist contract litigation. Now he is been representing clients on his own by drafting artist proposals, registering and maintaining copyrights and trademarks, negotiating and executed digital distribution agreements, and advising artists on business and legal strategy.