Posts Tagged ‘permission’
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: So, it seems we have ourselves a bit of questionable “inspiration” on our hands. The inventive work of one of our roster artists uses overhead projectors, multiple screens, puppets, actors, live feed cameras, multi-channel sound design, and a live music ensemble, to create shows. And, […]
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Tags: choreography, copy, copyright, copyright infringement, copyright law, Copyrights, dramatic license, permission
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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, November 20th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: What rights does a translator have? I translated a non-English script into English. All of the prior translations were very bad, which is why I did my own. Everyone agrees mine is the best, even the original author. However, now that I am getting offers […]
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Tags: artist, composition, copy, copyright, copyright infringement, Copyrights, music, ownership, permission, royalties
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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”?
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
By Robyn Guilliams Dear Law & Order I’ve been hearing a lot about a recent U.S. ban on ivory that will prevent string players from transporting their instruments in and out of the country. However, I recently travelled to Europe and back with my cello (my bow has a small ivory inlay in […]
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Tags: artist, orchestra, orchestras, passports, permission, risk, Robyn Guilliams, travel
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring | Comments Off on The Elephant and The Frog
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A composer has been commissioned to write an ‘original’ work for a particular soloist or specific chamber ensemble. The commission agreement stipulates that the performing artist is granted exclusivity, giving the artist a certain period of time in which he/she has the sole right to perform […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, commissions, composer, contract, contractual terms, exclusivity, Goldstein, music, orchestra, orchestrations, permission, Variations
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on Gosh, That Sounds Familiar!
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Greetings, I have recently been contacted by ASCAP asking for fees based on music played by live musicians. Are we required to pay if we do not pay the musicians? Any musician who plays at the location is not compensated for their efforts. Is anyone else who works at or […]
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Tags: artist, ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, composer, composers, composition, copyright, copyright law, Goldstein, license, music, musical composition, musician, original music, performance license, permission, recording, sesac, venue
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings, Venues | Comments Off on What Do You Mean I Need To PAY For Music?
Thursday, November 21st, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I was wondering if I have my own blog and post a music video from iTunes in the blog, giving full credit to the musician, including the musician’s original link, would this be legal? And can you please specify on what full credit means. Further, if […]
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Tags: artist, blogs, Brian Taylor, copy, copyright, copyright infringement, Goldstein, image, images, license, permission, photo, photograph, record label, Review
Posted in Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing | Comments Off on A “Thank-You” Note Is Not The Same As A License
Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Several years ago, our small ensemble hired a composer to arrange and re-orchestrate a work for us to play. The work itself, which is still under copyright, was originally written and arranged for a large orchestra. Recently, we made a video of our group performing the […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, copyright, copyright infringement, engagements, Goldstein, orchestrations, performance license, permission, youtube
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on How Does An Unauthorized Arrangement Become Grand Theft Auto?
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Since ASCAP does not cover dance or theatrical performances, how does a dance group go about getting the appropriate permissions/ copyright releases needed for their performance? Another word for “permission” or “copyright release” is “license.” Dance performances, like theatrical performances such as opera or theater, as […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, choreography, copyright, dance, dance group, dance performances, dramatic license, Goldstein, license, Licensing, music, necessary licenses, non profits, performance license, permission, release, sesac, theaters, theatrical performances, venue
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