Posts Tagged ‘mechanical license’
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: An orchestra commissioned one of our artists to make an arrangement of a work for them to perform. We agreed that it would be a “work for hire.” Now, the orchestra wants to record their performance of the arrangement and has come to us asking […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, composer, Goldstein, license, mechanical license, music, orchestra, permission, royalties, royalty, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on When Is A “Work For Hire” Not A “Work For Hire”?
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, March 6th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Does all music (if not in public domain) require a mechanical license to be recorded? I don’t quite understand when it is needed and when a person could pay a statutory fee and move forward without permission. Yes, anytime you want to make an audio recording […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, copyright, copyright act, Goldstein, license, live performance, mechanical license, music, musical composition, permission, public domain, recording, statutory fee, statutory requirements, synchronization license, u s copyright office
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on The Mechanics of Mechanical Licenses