Archive for the ‘Licensing’ Category
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: May we loan music that we own for orchestral performances by other non-profit organizations (schools, community orchestras, etc? Would the other group still need to obtain performing/recording permissions? Could we be liable if they don’t? It depends how define “own.” If by “own”, you mean that […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, community orchestras, copyright, copyright infringement, copyrightable material, Goldstein, Liable, license, orchestra, orchestral performances, orchestras, ownership, permission, recording, sheet music
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Non-Profits, Recordings | Comments Off on Can We Loan Sheet Music?
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I have a small venue. All 3 licensing companies are claiming I need to pay them for my karaoke and music that occurs weekly, but the bands that I have sign contracts making sure they only play their original music, nothing copyrighted. These companies have been […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, breach, Brian Taylor, composers, copyright, copyright infringement, Goldstein, karaoke nights, license, Licensing, music, original music, performance license, performing music, permission, public venue
Posted in Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Venues | Comments Off on Does Original Music Exist Anymore?
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. I own the video footage of a performance by a dance company. Recently, I learned that another choreographer purchased a license from the dance company to recreate and perform the same work. However, they used a copy of my video to help in recreating the choreography. In other words, they […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, choreographer, choreography, contract, copyright, creative works, dance, dance company, Goldstein, license, Licensing, ownership, performance rights, permission, playwright, royalty, video footage, videographer, videotape, videotapes, work
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
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… We re-booked a popular classical artist to perform […]
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Tags: agent, artist, Brian Taylor, commercial purposes, contract, Goldstein, image, marketing, photo, photograph, photographer, publicity
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on Smile, You’re On Candid Camera!
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Can you answer this question for us? My soon to be son-in-law is a musician. He has written and recorded many songs, and is producing his first CD. One of the songs on the CD, he had a female friend sing with him. If he plans to put this song on […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, contract, copyright, copyright infringement, Goldstein, license, manager, music, musician, ownership, permission, recording, release, royalties
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on Listen To Your Mother and Get It In Writing!
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear Law & 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 […]
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Tags: agent, artist, Brian Taylor, cannot make copies, commentaries, commercial context, copy, copyright, copyright infringement, european countries, Goldstein, license, Licensing, manager, permission, photograph, quotations
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein We teach classes, put on concerts and run festivals. At all of these events we take photos of the participants along with the members of our group. We want to be able to use the photos on Facebook and our website. So I am looking for a “blurb” to put in […]
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Tags: audience members, Brian Taylor, crowd, endorsement, facebook, Goldstein, necessary language, participants, permission, photograph, publicity campaign, release, right of privacy
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing | Comments Off on A Magic Blurb
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Do we legally have to have a music license if we have bands performing in our Country Club at weddings, social events, etc.? Yes. Anytime music is publically performed, either live or by playing a recording through a sound system, a “performance license” is required. A “performance license” is a fee […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, composer, Goldstein, legal responsibility, license, Licensing, music, necessary licenses, performance license, performance rights, performance space, private party, public venue, wedding band, wedding guests
Posted in Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights | Comments Off on Is That A Music License I Hear?
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
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 […]
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Tags: breaches, Brian Taylor, c corp, composer, copyright infringement, Copyrights, corporate entity, corporate veil, debts, ftm, Goldstein, license, limited liability company, manager, permission, personal assets, personal liability, publishing company, s corp, torts
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Limited Liability Companies | Comments Off on How Do I Protect My Personal Assets From Claims of Copyright Infringement?
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
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 […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, choreography, copyright protection, creator, designer, ftm, Goldstein, license, music, ownership, permission, volunteer, volunteers
Posted in Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights | Comments Off on If We Paid For It, Don’t We Own It?