Or, by telephone.
Jerrie Clarke
Director
Lost City Museum
PO Box 807
Overton, NV 89040
(702) 397-2193
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On Wed, 8/26/15, topladave . <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Music Licensing in Museums
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 10:27 AM
Katherine,
This topic has come up often on Museum-L
over the past several years. I think many museums,
especially small and medium ones, are jolted when they
receive the letters from BMI and ASCAP, threatening legal
action if they don't pay yearly licensing fees to those
PRO's (Performing Rights Organizations). From the
responses in the past, and in talking with colleagues, there
are reactions that range from, "we're
non-profit", "fair-use covers us" to,
"we're only playing CD's". So there are
misunderstandings of the copyright law and licensing and how
it applies to museums and non-profits. There are also
misunderstandings about the PRO's and how those letters
are sent to basically shake down small organizations for
yearly fees. In addition to my work in conservation and with
museums I have also been involved with the songwriting
community here in Los Angeles for years (I was the Executive
Director of Songsalive! for 4 years). Many small coffee
shops and restaurants also receive those same form letters
from BMI and ASCAP and many have shut down live music as a
result. I develop and teach online courses for museum
professionals, mostly in conservation, but have a new course
starting on Sept. 21st. on, "Copyright and Intellectual
Property 101 for Museums" from the knowledge and
sources I have acquired on it over the years.
So for your program it
would be very helpful to explain the basics of copyright,
how it applies to using music, recorded or live, in museums,
and how to handle those nasty letters that come in the
mail.
Cheers!
Dave
David Harvey
Senior Conservator & Museum
Consultant
Los Angeles CA
USA
www.cityofangelsconservation.weebly.com
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at
7:04 AM, Katherine Lewis <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Hi Listmates,
The Museum and Arts Law
Committee of the American Bar Association is working to
put together a program on music licensing in museums with
case studies and I wonder if anyone has any specific
examples of issues they've encountered in this area
they'd be willing to share? Or questions that have come
up you might want answered in a program like
this?
Thanks!
Katherine
LewisChairMuseum and Arts Law
Committee Science & Technology
SectionAmerican Bar Association
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