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Kohn on Music Licensing » (With CD-ROM)

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Authors: Al Kohn, Bob Kohn
ISBN-13: 9780735590908, ISBN-10: 0735590907
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date Published: December 2009
Edition: With CD-ROM

Author Biography: Al Kohn

Book Synopsis

Whether you are a music publisher or songwriter looking to maximize the value of your music catalog, or a producer, ad agency, or internet music service seeking to clear music rights for products, performances, and other uses, the new Fourth Edition

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New edition of a handbook that explains the process of music licensing from both sides of the deal. Al Kohn (a 50-year veteran of the music industry) and Bob Kohn (law, Monterey College of Law) discuss the clearance of rights for all types of music in virtually any medium under favorable contract terms. They also cover negotiating strategies, emerging issues involving co-publishing, songwriter agreements, international sub-publishing agreements, and licensing music for cyberspace. About 60 model forms that can be downloaded from the included disk feature language that has been refined by licensing experts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Foreword
	About the Authors
	Reasons for This Book
	Acknowledgments to the Third Edition
	Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
	Acknowledgments to the First Edition
Ch. 1	The Art of Music Licensing
I	The Art of Granting Licenses	4
II	The Art of Clearing Licenses	10
Ch. 2	The Art of Music Publishing
I	Historical Background	79
II	Music Publishing Today	86
III	Sources of Music Publishing Income	87
IV	Distribution of Music Publishing Income	91
V	Organization of the Music Publisher	92
VI	How to Establish a Music Publishing Company	99
VII	The Future of Music Publishing	100
Ch. 3	Songwriter Agreements
I	Selecting a Music Publisher	107
II	Negotiating the Songwriter/Publisher Relationship	108
III	Negotiating the Single Song Music Publishing Agreement	111
IV	Negotiating the Exclusive Term Songwriter Agreement	138
V	Collaborators	153
Ch. 4	Co-Publishing and Administration
I	Co-Publishing Agreements	247
II	Administration Agreements	258
III	Collection Agreement	262
Ch. 5	International Subpublishing
I	Business Background	315
II	Selecting a Subpublisher	320
III	Negotiating the Subpublishing Agreement	326
IV	Working with Your Subpublisher	351
Ch. 6	The Split Copyright Syndrome
I	Legal Background	407
II	The Problem - An Illustrative Example	411
III	The Music Clearance Industry - A Partial Solution	412
IV	Tip on Clearing Licenses from Multiple Co-Owners	416
V	Comment on Prudent Copyright Administration	416
VI	Curing the Split Copyright Syndrome	417
VII	The Final Solution - Compulsory License?	421
Ch. 7	The Language of Music Licensing
I	Music as Property	425
II	Copyright	426
III	Right Versus License	427
IV	Ownership of Music	429
V	Works Made for Hire	429
VI	Joint Ownership of Music	430
VII	Non-Ownership of Music - The Public Domain	432
VIII	Deriving Income From Music	438
IX	Types of Licenses for Music	444
X	Differences in the Rights and Privileges of Holders of Exclusive Rights and Non-Exclusive Licenses	448
XI	Avoiding Confusion - Exclusive Right Versus Non-Exclusive License	450
XII	Avoiding Confusion - Understanding Ownership of the "Undivided" Copyright	451
XIII	Avoiding Confusion - Selling, Assigning, Granting, and Licensing	451
XIV	The Language of the Art	453
Ch. 8	Formalities of Music Licensing
I	Formalities of Assignment	457
II	Formalities of Licensing	461
III	Get It in Writing	463
IV	Letter From Versus Contract Form	464
V	Reference to the Parties	465
VI	Standard Terms and Conditions	466
VII	Forms Used in This Book	466
Ch. 9	Duration of Copyright, Assignments of Copyright, and Licenses
I	Introduction	483
II	Duration of Copyright	484
III	Renewal of Copyright	492
IV	Duration of Assignments of Copyright	501
V	Duration of an Assignment of Renewal Copyright	507
VI	Duration of Licenses	521
VII	After Life	534
Ch. 10	Basic Considerations in Music Licensing
I	Basic Music Licensing Factors	575
II	Common Terms and Conditions Regarding Fees and Payment	586
III	Commonly Used Boilerplate Terms and Conditions	591
IV	Affiliated Company Problem	612
V	General Advice to Music Copyright Owner - Always Encourage Activity in the Song	613
VI	General Advice to Persons Seeking to Clear Licenses - Fully Disclose All the Uses You Might Conceivably Make of the Music	613

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