<div dir="ltr">Dear Kristi,<div>The rights to use zoom (narrowcast) are at one level, the right to broadcast is at another level, in most cases. Start with the Rightsholder printed in the script and go from there. Just go on record of asking Samual French, Dramatists,, et cetera, who to pay. You will not be the first person to have asked the question.It is more difficult to get the Broadcast or Narrowcast Music Rights from Tams-Widmark, etc. It is Grand Rights in all cases; Public domain work is easier...<div>/s/ Richard</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 8:11 AM Kristi R-C <<a href="mailto:misswisc@aol.com">misswisc@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style="color:black;font:10pt Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Richard - (and asking in public because I bet a bunch of others want to know, too.) <br>
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We know that to do a stage play (dramatico-musical work) you have to contract to pay royalties for Grand Rights to the author(s.) This is typically done through some rights administrator like Sam French, Tams-Witmark, Concord. And many authors have agreed to have a streaming version, some have even created a re-written version specifically for that purpose. <br>
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What happens when that work is being performed via a streaming platform like Zoom? Certainly the rights holder still deserves compensation in some way - are those small rights then? Doesn't seem to be mechanical rights unless you are recording the stream. <br>
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What if you broadcast over the Radio -e.g. small town radio has the local HS cast of 4 in the studio to do a version of an old-time radio drama? <br>
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<div>Anything else you can teach us about the brave new world of copyright and Streaming? </div>
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<div>Kristi R-C</div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">/s/ Richard<br>_________</div>