Scott Johnson

Founded & Developed the NohoTrader Hollywood Archives (est. 2000); Los Angeles's most enduring consignment business, specializing in museum-grade antiquities; from music and film rarities, to personal keepsakes, all culled directly from Hollywood and Pop Culture elites. In our two-plus decades, the Archives has revolutionized the traditional collector model by leveraging lifelong clients, family, and friends in the entertainment world to make previously unheard-of items available to true fans. The NohoTrader archives has sold more than 50,000 unique items in the past 10 b years from iconic film props, to Royal ephemera; from original Blues Brothers sunglasses, to Billie Holiday's 1950s performance contracts.

Managed and/or promoted Regional and National Artists, inluding Hootie and the Blowfish, SR71, The Kelly Bell Band, John Colianni, G-Love, Jimmi's Chicken Shack , etc. Voted Top Artist Manager in the Mid-Atlantic region for several consecutive years. Began this business after a brief career as a recording artist/vocalist.

Authored two books:

The PUBLIC DOMAIN REPORT MUSIC BIBLE, Vol 1 & 2,

These books contain more than 700 pages of extensive information related to Copyright-free music. These two volumes remain the entertainment "gold standard" for public domain music.

Served as editor for monthly IP journal The Public Domain Report. We presented the latest works entering the Public domain in many categories, such as Songs, Books, Films etc.

Have researched more than 20,000 individual titles in the US Copyright Office to unequivocally prove Public Domain status. I still occasionally research individual works requested by major studios, and returning clients.