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The California Resale Royalty Act (Civil Code section 986), which went into effect on January 1, 1977, entitles artists to a royalty payment upon the resale of their art if the transaction takes place in California or the seller is based in the state. It was the only law of its kind implemented in the United States.
A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset. Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold of an item of such, but there are also other modes and metrics of compensation.
The companies license public performance on a nonexclusive basis of the music they own or hold under contract using a complex weighting formula to distribute the fees to the respective rights holders. [4] The license may be a blanket license, but individual licenses may be negotiated. Rights organizations sample radio and television broadcasts ...
In 1868, the California Legislature authorized the first of many ad hoc Code Commissions to begin the process of codifying California law. Each Code Commission was a one- or two-year temporary agency which either closed at the end of the authorized period or was reauthorized and rolled over into the next period; thus, in some years there was no ...
A new year means new California laws going into effect. Here’s a rundown of some of the most notable. New California laws for 2025: A crackdown on bank fees, protections for workers and more
While the DPRA expanded the sound recording’s performance right, performers have still criticized the DPRA’s comparative inequity [5] [6] because composers still have a much wider performance right than performers.
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There are similar California laws surrounding “unfair methods of competition” including advertising without the intent to sell. A consumer can take action to get what they paid for, including ...