Posts Tagged ‘copyright’
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
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Recordings | Comments Off on Can They Dance Away With My Copyright?
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
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing | Comments Off on Can Newspapers Charge To Quote Reviews??
