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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>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>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>Can Newspapers Charge To Quote Reviews??</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ggartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear Law &#38; Disorder: I recently came across the website of an artist management agency in Europe where they had posted the following: “The press review is temporarily not available. German newspapers Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Süddeutsche Zeitung recently started to pursue institutions and artists using texts (press reviews, interviews, commentaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Want To Engage A Foreign Artist. Tell Me Everything I Need To Know!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 05:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM: What needs to be done to bring a performing artist from a foreign country to play in a US concert? How is their pay reported to the IRS? Is withholding required? Do they have to pay taxes on the money that they earn in the US? Etc. Wow, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Am I Obligated To Accept Unsolicited Emails from Managers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 04:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM Arts Law: I am the executive director of a well-established regional symphony orchestra. As with most orchestras, I frequently receive emails from managers and agents asking me to consider their artists. After a number of emails from the same manager all within the same week, I wrote and told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Draft An Engagement Agreement For My Trio?</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4834</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM Arts Law, I am a manager who will be writing contracts on behalf of a trio. They don’t have a corporation and there is no “leader.” They just get together and perform together. How do I handle their engagement fees so that I do not look like their employer? [...]]]></description>
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