Posts Tagged ‘copyright law’
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: So, it seems we have ourselves a bit of questionable “inspiration” on our hands. The inventive work of one of our roster artists uses overhead projectors, multiple screens, puppets, actors, live feed cameras, multi-channel sound design, and a live music ensemble, to create shows. And, […]
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Tags: choreography, copy, copyright, copyright infringement, copyright law, Copyrights, dramatic license, permission
Posted in Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing | Comments Off on Don’t Toss A Banana To A Monkey If You Don’t Want The Monkey To Eat It
Thursday, February 18th, 2016
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. I haven’t found an example that matches the situation of a 501(c)(3) I am familiar with. They throw a once-yearly art festival that spans a weekend (2days). They don’t charge the public any admittance. They raise money by charging fees for booth (10×10) spaces for (visual) arts vendors to […]
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Tags: artist, ascap, bmi, composer, composers, composition, copyright, copyright act, copyright infringement, copyright law, Education, Festival, Liable, license, music, musical composition, musician, non profits, original music, performance license, performer, permission, presenter, promoter, publishing company, risk, sesac, venue
Posted in Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Non-Profits, Presenters, Publishing, Venues | Comments Off on Who Has To Pay The Likes of ASCAP, BMI, Etc?
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Greetings, I have recently been contacted by ASCAP asking for fees based on music played by live musicians. Are we required to pay if we do not pay the musicians? Any musician who plays at the location is not compensated for their efforts. Is anyone else who works at or […]
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Tags: artist, ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, composer, composers, composition, copyright, copyright law, Goldstein, license, music, musical composition, musician, original music, performance license, permission, recording, sesac, venue
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings, Venues | Comments Off on What Do You Mean I Need To PAY For Music?
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, May 29th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I have read your clearly stated articles about mechanical use and rights. What about “fair use”? Aren’t there specific scenarios where permission is not needed to use a recording of someone else’s music? Beware of what you ask. You are about to open a box whereupon […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, copyright, copyright act, copyright infringement, copyright law, creator, Education, excerpts, Goldstein, image, marketing, music, parody, permission, public domain, recording
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Non-Profits, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings, Venues | Comments Off on “Fair Use” Just Isn’t Fair!
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A few weeks ago you wrote a great article about how to obtain a mechanical license when someone wants to record music. But what about using a recording that already exists? We would like to promote an upcoming concert at our venue by putting some recordings […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, composer, composition, compositions, copyright, copyright law, Film, Goldstein, license, mechanical license, music, musician, payment, permission, public domain, record label, recording, venue
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings, Venues | Comments Off on Using Existing Recordings–Not So Fast!
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law & Disorder: When a composer/songwriter is commissioned to write a song, who owns the copyright to the song? The commissioner or the writer? And for either party, when the other owns the copyright, what kind of controls and/or royalties does the holder have? As with just about everything […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, commission fee, composer, copyright, copyright law, entertainment industry, Goldstein, music, ownership, recording, royalties, songwriter
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing | Comments Off on Commissioners Beware!