Archive for the ‘Presenters’ Category
Thursday, February 27th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder We recently had a presenter call us and cancel an engagement “due to inclement weather” because the company’s flight was canceled and they could not arrive the day before the performance as required. The company offered to fly the next day and arrive on the […]
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Tags: act of god, artist, attorney, breach, Brian Taylor, cancellation, contract, Contracts, dispute, engagement contract, force majeure, Goldstein, interpretation, lawsuit, losses, manager, marketing, presenter, reasonable solution, risk, Tour, travel
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Non-Profits, Presenters, Touring, Venues | Comments Off on Rattle Sabers, Not Contracts
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder, About six months ago, a venue booked one of my artists and then sent me a signed contract with language requiring the artist to arrive the day before the concert rather than the morning of the concert. The venue was not willing to pay for […]
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Tags: artist, breach, breach of contract, Brian Taylor, cancellation, Drafting, enforceable contract, Goldstein, insurance, Liable, negotiation, presenter, reasonable solution, travel, venue
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring | Comments Off on Don’t Be Late For Dinner
Thursday, December 12th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. An orchestra wants to commission a composer we represent to create an arrangement of a piece they want to perform. We were hoping that our composer would retain ownership of the arrangement so that in the future if the orchestra, or anyone else, ever wanted to play his arrangement, he […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, composer, composition, conflict, contract, copyright, copyright law, Goldstein, orchestra, royalty, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on Is The Term “Work-For-Hire” A Magic Phrase?
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder I recently had to cancel an engagement. We had a signed contract with the venue, but circumstances arose where we had no choice. I sent a very cordial and professional email to the venue, but got a very threatening and aggressive response. I wrote back and […]
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Tags: breach, breach of contract, Brian Taylor, cancellation, conflict, damages, Goldstein, lawsuit, reasonable solution, relationships, venue
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Non-Profits, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on Back Away From The Email!
Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: If I am doing a fee split, am I entitled to the emails of the people who purchase tickets? Our group booked a show at a venue where we are supposed to be getting a portion of the ticket sales. We have asked for the names […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, commercial messages, contract, Goldstein, Liable, patrons, pr, presenter, sending emails, ticket sales, unsolicited commercial emails, venue
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Thursday, October 24th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder We recently has a situation where one of our groups showed up at a festival, but just before they were to go on stage, the police shut down the event due to an approaching electrical storm. The presenter had given the group a deposit for 50% […]
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Tags: act of god, acts of god, Agreements, artist, booking agreement, breach, breaches, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellations, contract, Festival, Goldstein, insurance, Liable, losses, money
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring, Venues | Comments Off on The Band That Stood Up To God…and Lost
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder We booked an artist to perform at our theater, but ticket sales have been much lower than we expected. The show is a month away. We are a small venue with a small budget, and can’t afford to present an artist if we can’t sell […]
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Tags: agent, artist, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellation clause, cancellations, contract, Contracts, customs, dispute, engagement contract, Goldstein, Liable
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on The Power of Contractual Silence
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder I work for a venue that engaged an artist for a concert. I agreed to pay for hotel and travel. After the engagement, the artist told me that she decided to stay with friends and drive. I can’t get my money back. Can I deduct my […]
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Tags: Agreements, Brian Taylor, contract, Goldstein, losses, timely manner, travel, travel arrangements, travel costs, venue
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring, Venues | Comments Off on “Thanks For All The Trouble, But I Made Other Plans!”
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
By Robyn Guilliams Dear Law & Disorder: Performing Arts Division, We are a small presenting organization, and we use an outside company to handle our ticket sales. The company provides us with cloud-based software, which we use to process both online and box office ticket sales. We were recently informed by the software company that […]
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Tags: box office, brian goldstein, credit card information, credit card transactions, damages, insurance, patrons, Robyn Guilliams, security breach, software company, ticket sales, ticketing software
Posted in Arts Management, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Non-Profits, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on We’ve Been Hacked!
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Since ASCAP does not cover dance or theatrical performances, how does a dance group go about getting the appropriate permissions/ copyright releases needed for their performance? Another word for “permission” or “copyright release” is “license.” Dance performances, like theatrical performances such as opera or theater, as […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, choreography, copyright, dance, dance group, dance performances, dramatic license, Goldstein, license, Licensing, music, necessary licenses, non profits, performance license, permission, release, sesac, theaters, theatrical performances, venue
Posted in Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Non-Profits, Presenters | Comments Off on Licensing May Not Be Music To Your Ears