Entertainment Attorney, Kamel L. King

Entertainment Attorney, Kamel King is a native of Jackson, MS, is licensed to practice in Mississippi, and works at Frascogna Courtney, PLLC’s Jackson, MS office.  After receiving a full academic scholarship, he attended American University in Washington, DC and Tougaloo College in Jackson, MS.  Mr. King graduated from Tougaloo College with honors receiving his bachelor’s degree in Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations.  Kamel decided to further his education when he was accepted to Mississippi College School of Law (MSCOL) where he was President of the MSCOL Entertainment and Sports Law Club for two years.  Kamel not only focused on his education, he also managed quite a few regional artists and music producers’ careers.  He did this while he studied a variety of intellectual property courses like that of copyrights, unfair competition, consumer law, trademarks, and patent law.  Upon graduating from MCSOL in the spring of 2006, Kamel King successfully passed the Mississippi Bar and was admitted into the Mississippi State Bar several months later.

Intellectual Property: A Triple Threat

Threat #1

LimeWire went through some serious legal issues because of copyright infringement, according to the article, Translate “Peer-to-Peer” to “Fear-to-Peer”.  Recently LimeWire reached a settlement of $105 million after being found liable for copyright infringement.  LimeWire is a popular online file sharing service with almost 50 millions subscribers, as of 2009.  This music storehouse basically played a third party role in this litigation, but was a party, nonetheless.  The issue came about through LimeWire’s peer-to-peer network.  Whereas some of the content shared was done by public domain, according to the article, Translate “Peer-to-Peer” to “Fear-to-Peer”, LimeWire provided the software and services that allowed the exchange to occur.  This is mainly how the issue came about.