Archive for the ‘Contracts’ Category
Monday, June 24th, 2024
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division June 25, 2024 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • A National Ban on Performance Exclusivity Clauses • Posting Recordings on Websites • Artist Visa News, Nausea & Updates • Your Contract Playlist Legal Issue of the Month: Will a New National Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Also Apply to Performance […]
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Tags: artist management, artist visas, arts management, Contracts, Copyrights, Licenses, venues, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Presenters, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on • A National Ban on Performance Exclusivity Clauses • Posting Recordings on Websites • Artist Visa News, Nausea & Updates • Your Contract Playlist
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division September 27, 2023 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • Contractual Effrontery • Not Paying Artists Is A Crime! • How A Government Shutdown Will Impact US Artist Visas Legal Issue of the Month: Contractual Effrontery Recently, I was contacted by an agent regarding a new artist that was joining his […]
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Tags: agent contracts, artist management, artist visas, Contracts, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Visas | Comments Off on Contractual Effrontery; Not Paying Artists is a Crime!; How a Government Shutdown Will Impact US Artist Visas
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division June 7, 2023 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • What Are Contracts For? • Non-Profit Laws Made Simple • Are Union Strikes Force Majeure Events? • Artist Visa Updates Legal Issue of the Month: What Are Contracts For??? It’s no secret that a vast expanses of artists, venues, managers, presenters, […]
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Tags: acts of god, by-laws, Contracts, force majeure, immigration, Non-Profits, visa petition
Posted in Acts of God, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Non-Profits, Uncategorized, Unions, Visas | Comments Off on What Are Contracts for?; Non-Profit By-Laws Made Simple; Are Union Strikes Force Majeure events?; Artist Visa Updates
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division April 6, 2023 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • Artist Visa Updates • Non-Compete Agreements • Manager/Agent Trust Accounts • Is There A Constitutional Right To Poop Jokes? Artist Visa News & Nausea • The Status of Proposed Petition Fee Increases Thanks to all of you who took the time […]
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Tags: artist visas, employment contracts, non-compete, trademarks, visas
Posted in Contracts, Employees, Independent Contractors, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Trademarks, Visas | Comments Off on Artist Visa Updates, Non-Compete Agreements, Manager/Agent Trust Accounts, 1st Amendment Poop Jokes
Thursday, December 8th, 2022
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division December 8, 2022 INSIDE THIS ISSUE > Artist Visa Updates < > Force Majeure Clauses < > Streaming Licenses < > Congratulations! < > Deep Thoughts < Artist Visa Updates • Current USCIS Service Center Processing Times Vermont Service Center: Standard Processing: 4 – 6 weeks Premium […]
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Tags: acts of god, artist visas, Felkel, force majeure, streaming, streaming rights
Posted in Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on Artist Visa Updates, Force Majeure Clauses, Streaming Licenses, and Deep Thoughts
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
LAW & DISORDER: Performing Arts Division June 16, 2022 INSIDE THIS ISSUE » Backlogs at US Consulates « » New USCIS forms « » Contract Entirety Clauses « » Board Term Limits « Current USCIS Service Center Processing Times: Vermont Service Center: Standard processing: 4 – 8 weeks Premium processing: 9 – 10 days California […]
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Tags: artist visas, board members, board term limits, Consulate, consulates, Contracts, engagement contract, uscis
Posted in Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Non-Profits, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on Backlogs at US Consulates, New USCIS forms, Contract Entirety Clauses, and Board Term Limits
Thursday, January 28th, 2021
EXPLORING NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND PRACTICES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS IN A POST-COVID WORLD By Brian Taylor Goldstein Aside from thwarting a clown car coup, 2021 is certainly not off to the auspicious start we all had hoped for. Nonetheless, it is with trepidatious optimism that we find ourselves crawling out from our burrows like […]
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Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, For Profits, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Non-Profits, Publishing, Recordings, Unions, Venues | Comments Off on HOW TO FIX EVERYTHING
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Hi everyone! The issue of artists leaving a roster and re-booking themselves at a venue their manager/agent originally found for them is always an ongoing problem. I’ve been asked to re-post a blog we did on this several years ago. Here it is….. Dear Law and Disorder: What would be […]
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Tags: agent, contract, re-booking, roster
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division | Comments Off on Emancipating Artists From Your Roster
Wednesday, September 6th, 2017
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. We hope everyone had a great summer. Sorry we haven’t posted in a while, but we’ve been a bit “pre-occupied” with in the world of artist visas. It seems something changes every time Trump breaks wind. So, let’s take a break and go address two completely non-visa related questions that […]
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Tags: Contracts, copyright, engagements, license
Posted in Artist Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights | Comments Off on THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A TRIBUTE BAND
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
By Brian Taylor Goldstein The following situation was recently brought to our attention and we felt obligated to comment: http://www.avclub.com/article/sxsw-threatens-international-artists-deportation-p-251394?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_campaign=default https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/mar/02/sxsw-immigration-told-slant-contract-trump-travel-ban http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sxsw-responds-to-artist-immigration-controversy-w470167 Since this issue arose, the festival’s Managing Director has issued multiple “updates” and “clarifications” that are disingenuous or, at best, ill-informed. First, he contends that the contract provision regarding non-work visa violations is […]
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Tags: clarifications, contract, contractual terms, immigration, immigration law, presenter, travel, venue, visas, work visa
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Visas | Comments Off on IS SXSW Being Opportunistic of Oblivious?