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color:#1F497D'>I had another thought about this as well. We do pay performers
to perform music at our libraries. We don’t charge the audience, but we pay
the performers either musicians or jugglers that may use background music etc.
Does this mean we need licensing/royalties? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Leah M. Griffith <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Director, Newberg Public Library <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:green'>Think Green - Only print message if needed and then recycle!</span></b><span
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[mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Leah
Griffith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jim Scheppke; libs-or List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Royalty Payments for Library Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>So we pay licensing for showing movies because they are
“dramatic” literary works (Section 4)? I’m just curious as it seems
that copyright and licensing might be two different things. I would
be curious what ALA’s legal counsel says about movie licensing since we don’t
charge admission for that either. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";
color:#1F497D'>Leah <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#1F497D'>******************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Leah M. Griffith <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Director, Newberg Public Library <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:green'> </span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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[mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim
Scheppke<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 27, 2009 9:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> libs-or List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Royalty Payments for Library Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear
Colleagues: You may recall that the Director of the Springfield Public Library
sent out a question to libs-or about threats his City Attorney received from BMI
about performing songs at library programs without a performance fee. I
forwarded this to the ALA Washington Office and received this reply from Carrie
Russell. You all need to get legal advice from your own attorneys, but it is
helpful to hear the ALA legal counsel’s opinion that libraries are exempt from
any royalty payments. Here is the information from ALA ... --> Jim<br>
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------ Forwarded Message<br>
<b>From: </b>Carrie Russell <crussell@alawash.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:15:03 -0400<br>
<b>To: </b>Emily Sheketoff <esheketoff@alawash.org>,
<jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us><br>
<b>Conversation: </b>[Libs-Or] Library programs and music licensing<br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [Libs-Or] Library programs and music licensing<br>
<br>
Hello Emily and Jim:<br>
<br>
I discussed this issue with our legal counsel, and we believe that the public
library is exempt from royalty payments under US Code Title, 17 (the copyright
law), Section 110 (4). <br>
<br>
4) performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work otherwise than in a
transmission to the public, without any purpose of direct or indirect
commercial advantage and without payment of any fee or other compensation for
the performance to any of its performers, promoters, or organizers, if—<br>
(A) there is no direct or indirect admission charge; or<br>
(B) the proceeds, after deducting the reasonable costs of producing the
performance, are used exclusively for educational, religious, or charitable
purposes and not for private financial gain, except where the copyright owner
has served notice of objection to the performance under the following
conditions:<br>
(i) the notice shall be in writing and signed by the copyright owner or such
owner’s duly authorized agent; and<br>
(ii) the notice shall be served on the person responsible for the performance
at least seven days before the date of the performance, and shall state the
reasons for the objection; and<br>
(iii) the notice shall comply, in form, content, and manner of service, with
requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation; …<br>
<br>
For the public library, subsection A applies. <br>
<br>
One suggestion I have is that you no longer advertise the music that you plan
on playing at library programs on your web site. <br>
<br>
Our legal counsel said that this attempt to collect royalties is really
unbelievable, and that if “ASCAP/BMI come knocking, they should be told to jump
in the lake!”<br>
<br>
If I can provide more information, please let me know.<br>
<br>
Carrie Russell, OITP<br>
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