Kohn on Music Licensing Book

	Foreword
	About the Authors
	Reasons for This Book
	Acknowledgments to the Third Edition
	Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
	Acknowledgments to the First Edition
Ch. 1	The Art of Music Licensing
I	The Art of Granting Licenses	4
II	The Art of Clearing Licenses	10
Ch. 2	The Art of Music Publishing
I	Historical Background	79
II	Music Publishing Today	86
III	Sources of Music Publishing Income	87
IV	Distribution of Music Publishing Income	91
V	Organization of the Music Publisher	92
VI	How to Establish a Music Publishing Company	99
VII	The Future of Music Publishing	100
Ch. 3	Songwriter Agreements
I	Selecting a Music Publisher	107
II	Negotiating the Songwriter/Publisher Relationship	108
III	Negotiating the Single Song Music Publishing Agreement	111
IV	Negotiating the Exclusive Term Songwriter Agreement	138
V	Collaborators	153
Ch. 4	Co-Publishing and Administration
I	Co-Publishing Agreements	247
II	Administration Agreements	258
III	Collection Agreement	262
Ch. 5	International Subpublishing
I	Business Background	315
II	Selecting a Subpublisher	320
III	Negotiating the Subpublishing Agreement	326
IV	Working with Your Subpublisher	351
Ch. 6	The Split Copyright Syndrome
I	Legal Background	407
II	The Problem - An Illustrative Example	411
III	The Music Clearance Industry - A Partial Solution	412
IV	Tip on Clearing Licenses from Multiple Co-Owners	416
V	Comment on Prudent Copyright Administration	416
VI	Curing the Split Copyright Syndrome	417
VII	The Final Solution - Compulsory License?	421
Ch. 7	The Language of Music Licensing
I	Music as Property	425
II	Copyright	426
III	Right Versus License	427
IV	Ownership of Music	429
V	Works Made for Hire	429
VI	Joint Ownership of Music	430
VII	Non-Ownership of Music - The Public Domain	432
VIII	Deriving Income From Music	438
IX	Types of Licenses for Music	444
X	Differences in the Rights and Privileges of Holders of Exclusive Rights and Non-Exclusive Licenses	448
XI	Avoiding Confusion - Exclusive Right Versus Non-Exclusive License	450
XII	Avoiding Confusion - Understanding Ownership of the "Undivided" Copyright	451
XIII	Avoiding Confusion - Selling, Assigning, Granting, and Licensing	451
XIV	The Language of the Art	453
Ch. 8	Formalities of Music Licensing
I	Formalities of Assignment	457
II	Formalities of Licensing	461
III	Get It in Writing	463
IV	Letter From Versus Contract Form	464
V	Reference to the Parties	465
VI	Standard Terms and Conditions	466
VII	Forms Used in This Book	466
Ch. 9	Duration of Copyright, Assignments of Copyright, and Licenses
I	Introduction	483
II	Duration of Copyright	484
III	Renewal of Copyright	492
IV	Duration of Assignments of Copyright	501
V	Duration of an Assignment of Renewal Copyright	507
VI	Duration of Licenses	521
VII	After Life	534
Ch. 10	Basic Considerations in Music Licensing
I	Basic Music Licensing Factors	575
II	Common Terms and Conditions Regarding Fees and Payment	586
III	Commonly Used Boilerplate Terms and Conditions	591
IV	Affiliated Company Problem	612
V	General Advice to Music Copyright Owner - Always Encourage Activity in the Song	613
VI	General Advice to Persons Seeking to Clear Licenses - Fully Disclose All the Uses You Might Conceivably Make of the Music	613