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		<title>Silence Is Not Golden!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Help! We are a small agency. We booked an engagement for one of our artists at a venue that has now cancelled the date. We had a series of emails with the venue confirming the date and fee and then sent them a formal contract that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can We Loan Sheet Music?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: May we loan music that we own for orchestral performances by other non-profit organizations (schools, community orchestras, etc? Would the other group still need to obtain performing/recording permissions? Could we be liable if they don’t? It depends how define “own.” If by “own”, you mean that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Even God Can Act Without A Contract!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. No sooner had Super Storm Sandy begun crashing into the East Coast when my phone started ringing with cancellations. The most common question went something like this: “The presenter needs to cancel, but they already paid a deposit. Do we have to give it back? What the protocol?” The second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can They Dance Away With My Copyright?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. I own the video footage of a performance by a dance company. Recently, I learned that another choreographer purchased a license from the dance company to recreate and perform the same work. However, they used a copy of my video to help in recreating the choreography. In other words, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Can&#8217;t Do That To Me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein I just got a notice that a venue where I booked one of my artists is closing. I have a written engagement contract that was signed by the venue over a year ago. The notice I received says that they have run out of money and are cancelling their season. Can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are You Trying To Hide?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein I run a small management company. In addition to our commissions, we bill our artists monthly for their share of expenses (conference fees, publicity materials, etc.) One of our artists is now refusing to pay unless we provide her with an itemization of expenses. Do I have to give her one? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smile, You&#8217;re On Candid Camera!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein THIS WEEK’S BLOG IS BEING WRITTEN FROM THE MIDWEST ARTS CONFERENCE IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN WHERE ROBYN AND I ARE TEACHING SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS. HERE’S A SHOUT OUT TO THE INCREDIBLE STAFF AT ARTS MIDWEST!! And now back to our regularly scheduled blog&#8230; We re-booked a popular classical artist to perform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen To Your Mother and Get It In Writing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Can you answer this question for us?  My soon to be son-in-law is a musician. He has written and recorded many songs, and is producing his first CD.  One of the songs on the CD, he had a female friend sing with him.  If he plans to put this song on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Cancel If They Perform In My Backyard?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear Law &#38; Disorder: After we booked an artist, the artist’s agent booked them to perform two weeks later at another venue 25 miles away from us. It’s a smaller venue that charges less for tickets than we do. This will impact our sales. Can we cancel? I was told that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Attorneys Won&#8217;t Tell You</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=6223</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein I recently attended an arts conference where there was a panel discussion on music contracts. An attorney said that artists don’t really need to read or review contracts because you can always declare them null and void later and get a new contract. Is this true? This is why 99% of [...]]]></description>
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