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From: ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: re: Copyright Violations
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Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 08:47:59 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 20 08:47:59 1984
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I can tell you from being heavily associated with many student
activities at college that playing a song in public and performing
plays are both subject copyrights and royalties.  Even classical
works (both music and play) are subject since it is most likely
that you are using as a base someone's arrangement or production
which IS still copyrighted.

With regard to music we had one blanket agreement that covered
concerts, background music, and the campus radio station (although
the way they agreed on the fees was sort of convoluted) with each
of the major licensing firms (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC).  Even non-broadcast
carrier current stations are subject.  Plays were negotiated with the
people we bought the scripts from.  Arrangements ranged from just buying
the specified number of copies of the script to fixed rates to percentages
or "per seat" charages.

-Ron