Hi,
all
I did look at the
Museum-L archives and found a few postings about some upcoming webinars or
workshops about music licensing that I think occurred over the summer and I'm
wondering if the results or summaries of them exist anywhere or if anyone that
might have attended can share?
Since about 3 or so months ago we've been
hounded by ASCAP who is becoming increasingly insistent that we sign up for
their museum music licensing agreement, which will cost us over $700
annually. I'm getting mailings, emails and phone messages. I'm not
aware that we are violating any music/copyright laws, nor have they complained
about any particular violation. The music we play in the store is strictly
limited to CD's that we sell, which I understand is perfectly legit. We
have permission to play whatever videos we have in our galleries or, if we have
the occasional live performance, we then pay the appropriate fees to the
performer.
I also
understand that BMI has done this to some museums...so what's to prevent another
agency from insisting that we sign up with them? We can't afford these
annual fees...and I'm loathe to sign up once, because I feel at that point I've
obligated us to annual fees forever...
Thoughts? Materials to
share?
Stacey Otte
Executive Director
Catalina Island Museum
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