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		<title>How Do I Protect My Personal Assets From Claims of Copyright Infringement?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM Arts Law: Could owning copyrights individually (as opposed to being owned by a corporate entity) ever be a personal liability?  I understand that if copyrights are held in the name of a S-corp, C-corp, or possibly LLC, the corporate veil would shield my personal assets. There is no liability in [...]]]></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>
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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>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4864</link>
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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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		<title>If We Paid For It, Don&#8217;t We Own It?</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4772</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM Arts Law: I am writing on behalf of our non-profit theater group. Several years ago, one of our volunteers designed a new logo for our theater. We paid her $500. At the time, she was friends with our Artistic Director, but they had a falling out. She recently sent [...]]]></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>Sneaking Artists Into The US: How Lucky Do You Feel?</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4629</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear FTM Arts Law: I represent a British group that frequently tours the US. In the past, the guys have just entered as visitors under the ESTA/Visa Waiver Scheme. So far, we have never had any problems, but I was recently told this was wrong. Is this true? Couldn’t they just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Need ASCAP/BMI Licenses?</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4552</link>
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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>Can I Fire My Board Members?</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4500</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear Law and Disorder: Many years ago I founded a successful non-profit dance company. Over the years, we have continued to grow by adding board members, increasing donations, and critically acclaimed performances. However, my current board has become too invasive. In the past, I have always given them reports about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Posting Musical Performances on YouTube</title>
		<link>http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=4440</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ftmartslaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robyn Guilliams Dear Law and Disorder, What are the copyright issues in posting a performance of a piece of music on YouTube for global streaming?  And, since people can easily download YouTube content, what are the implications for the person who&#8217;s posted it, or the downloaders for that matter? Before answering your question, I [...]]]></description>
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