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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.
The rates are higher than the then-existing royalties paid for non-interactive webcasting. One component of rate increase was to remove the cap on the per-station/channel minimum fee of USD $500, which used to be $2,500. [2] The law requires rates to be based on the price that would be set by a marketplace of willing sellers and willing buyers.
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.
Hidden fees are typically used to help a business pose as the most affordable option compared to its competitors. New California law will ban hidden fees. What does it mean for consumers?
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 ...
These rights typically only last for a certain period of time that is negotiated. [1] The rights must be obtained for all parts a production. For example, for a musical, the rights must be obtained for the book, lyrics, and music. A producer can also hire a writer to create a work. This could be defined as a Work for hire. If the work is a work ...
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 ...
Indiana's public records law does not allow public agencies (not state agencies as defined in Indiana Code 4-13-1-1) to place restrictions on public records: "that requires the public to obtain a license or pay copyright royalties for obtaining the right to inspect and copy the records unless otherwise provided by applicable statute; if the ...