Kohn on Music Licensing

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Summary: A valuable tool, and totally unknown to many who'd benefit
Review: I discovered this book when I was researching an article "Who owns the rights? Copyright, the law and licensing the show," which was published in the Summer 1999 issue of the Educational Theatre Association quarterly Teaching Theatre (Volume 10, Number 4) and which is now available online (though the reviewer guidelines do not allow me to post the URL, so anyone interested will have to email me at [e-mail] for it). Kohn on Music Licensing is a most valuable resource for anyone who either does musical theatre, or uses music in theatrical production, since it makes clear aspects of musical licensing that I am sure are as mysterious to many others as they were to me before reading this book. In my opinion, every theatre educator or community theater producer/director should read both Chapter 18, "The Grand Rights Controversy", and Chapter 14, "Synchronization Licenses," before producing another musical (or excerpt from one) or using any copyright-protected music "dramatically" (a term defined in the book) in the production of any play. AND the authors maintain a Website to which readers can bring any question still unclear after reading the book.

Rating:
Summary: A valuable tool, and totally unknown to many who'd benefit
Review: I discovered this book when I was researching an article "Who owns the rights? Copyright, the law and licensing the show," which was published in the Summer 1999 issue of the Educational Theatre Association quarterly Teaching Theatre (Volume 10, Number 4) and which is now available online (though the reviewer guidelines do not allow me to post the URL, so anyone interested will have to email me at [e-mail] for it). Kohn on Music Licensing is a most valuable resource for anyone who either does musical theatre, or uses music in theatrical production, since it makes clear aspects of musical licensing that I am sure are as mysterious to many others as they were to me before reading this book. In my opinion, every theatre educator or community theater producer/director should read both Chapter 18, "The Grand Rights Controversy", and Chapter 14, "Synchronization Licenses," before producing another musical (or excerpt from one) or using any copyright-protected music "dramatically" (a term defined in the book) in the production of any play. AND the authors maintain a Website to which readers can bring any question still unclear after reading the book.

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Summary: GIAN FIERO ON KOHN ON MUSIC LICENSING
Review: Simply put: This is the bible of music licensing. It's not as cheap as the bible and you don't have a prayer of finding it much cheaper than the used versions that someone foolishly gives up on Amazon, but regardless of the price, it's worth every penny. If you want to truly understand the mechanics, logistics, and legalities of music licensing, learn it from the authority who was sorting out licensing issues concerning the internet and digital distribution over 10 years ago - before it became a "hot" topic.

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Summary: The Bible of Music Copyrighting
Review: This is the Bible of music copyrighting and licensing. With the coming of age of the Internet, transferring copywritten information online will become increasingly in the spot light and this book makes sense of it.