Posts Tagged ‘Education’
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, May 14th, 2015
By Robyn Guilliams GG Arts Law and GG International are in the process of hiring a new administrative assistant. As I’ve been reviewing applications, I’m sad to say that I am shocked – shocked! – at the very poor quality of some of the cover letters and resumes we’ve received. So, as a […]
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Tags: career, Education, work
Posted in Arts Management, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division | Comments Off on Advice For The Young and Restless
Thursday, December 4th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We have arranged for one of our foreign groups to perform a showcase at the upcoming APAP conference in New York. Will they need artist visas? Obviously, we’d like to avoid that time and expense. The artists are all from Europe and could enter as […]
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Tags: artist, audition, Education, immigration, performance space, presenter, travel, uscis, visas, visitor, visitor visa, waiver
Posted in Artist Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Visas | Comments Off on Is There A Showcase Visa Exception?
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!
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
By James Conlon A few months ago I wrote about two extraordinary projects in Rome that introduce children, from five to eighteen years of age, to opera. Performances of The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni were presented to thousands of young people by two completely separate entities: the Rome Opera and the Tito Gobbi Foundation. […]
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Tags: audience building, Education, James Conlon, LA Opera, La Scala, young audiences
Posted in A Rich Possession | Comments Off on THE REGENERATION GAP
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder, I am a music professor at a medium-sized state college. We have two questions with regard to live streaming some of our concerts and recitals. We, of course, have paid the ASCAP and BMI licenses/fees to cover the rights for live performances. I believe the licensing […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, composer, copyright, Education, Goldstein, license, Licensing, live performance, live performances, music, Non-Profits, performer, permission, recitals
Posted in Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Non-Profits, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on Ask, and Ye “May” Receive…or Not
Monday, January 9th, 2012
By Alan Gilbert On January 4 the Philharmonic made a very important announcement: Matthew VanBesien has been named the next Executive Director of the Orchestra. I feel very positive about this choice, as I was quoted as saying, but here I want to discuss some of the thoughts that have come to my mind in […]
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Tags: Alan Gilbert, Education, Matthew VanBesien, New York Philharmonic, nyphil, Zarin Mehta
Posted in Curiously Random | Comments Off on Thinking About the Future