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		<title>Silence Is Not Golden!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Not Even God Can Act Without A Contract!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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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>What Attorneys Won&#8217;t Tell You</title>
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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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		<title>Is A Choral Group Required To Have Workman&#8217;s Compensation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear Law &#38; Disorder: We have a non-profit choral group. Our of local public television stations has sent us a contract to record and broadcast one of our concerts this December and they have an item that requires us to have workman’s comp on our entire group. We currently only have 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Draft An Engagement Agreement For My Trio?</title>
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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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		<title>Generic Forms: A Prescription For Trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4708</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 03:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein HELLO - How can an organization that presents music programs, and puts some of them on the Internet, find a good general release form for artists/speakers to sign? The tricky part about forms is not finding them, but choosing which one is right. There are lots of sources for good general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Need ASCAP/BMI Licenses?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Hello Law and Disorder, We have met numerous times at conferences, (I love going to your sessions!) and you have been very helpful with questions about our presenting contracts. We also rent our facility and I now have a question about that side.  We recently received a letter from BMI stating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Industry Standards</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4256</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM Arts Law: I was recently reviewing a contract I received from an agent. When I asked for some changes, she told me that her contract was “industry standard” and that nothing could be changed because that’s the way everyone does it. In the future, I don’t want to waste [...]]]></description>
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