In part one of our conversation with attorney Chris Clark, we’ll talk about the music industry and how ownership of songs works in the eyes of ye ol’ law. We’ll also talk about his time at Mammoth records, who put out albums by The Melvins, Juliana Hatfield, Squirrel Nut Zippers, and Seven Mary Three before selling to the Walt Disney Company.

Chris Clark is a partner at Tillman Wright, PLLC , and Intellectual Property and Business law firm located in Charlotte. Chris has worked in private practice for 14 years, making him extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the legal issues that impact the growth of emerging and innovative businesses. Chris is also the founder and author of Five On Sixteen, an online gaming blog, co-founder and co-author of Send in the Crowd, an open innovation and crowdsourcing blog and founder and author of Worth Preservation, an asset protection planning blog.