Section 325E.57 — Exceptions.
325E.57 EXCEPTIONS. Sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 do not apply to contracts between copyright owners or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or to contracts with cable operators, programmers, or other transmission services. Sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 do not apply to musical works performed in synchronization with an audio/visual film or […]
Section 325E.54 — Investigation.
325E.54 INVESTIGATION. Nothing in sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 shall be construed to prohibit a performing rights society from conducting investigations to determine the existence of music use by a proprietor or informing a proprietor of the proprietor’s obligation under the federal copyright law, United States Code, title 17. History: 1996 c 336 s 5
Section 325E.55 — Remedies.
325E.55 REMEDIES. A person who suffers a violation of sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 may bring an action to recover actual damages and reasonable attorney’s fees and seek an injunction or any other available remedy. History: 1996 c 336 s 6
Section 325E.56 — Remedies Cumulative.
325E.56 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The rights, remedies, and prohibitions contained in sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 are in addition to and cumulative of any other right, remedy, or prohibition accorded by common law, or state or federal law. Nothing contained in sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 shall be construed to deny, abrogate, or impair any such common law […]
Section 325E.50 — Definitions.
325E.50 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. For purposes of sections 325E.50 to 325E.57, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Copyright owner. “Copyright owner” means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical work recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of the United States under United States Code, […]
Section 325E.51 — Licensing Negotiations.
325E.51 LICENSING NEGOTIATIONS. No performing rights society shall enter into, or offer to enter into, a contract for the payment of royalties by a proprietor unless at the time of the offer, or any time thereafter, but no later than 72 hours prior to the execution of that contract, it provides to the proprietor, in […]
Section 325E.52 — Royalty Contract Requirements.
325E.52 ROYALTY CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. Every contract for the payment of royalties between a proprietor and a performing rights society executed in this state must be in writing and signed by the parties and must include, at a minimum, the following information: (1) the proprietor’s name and business address and the name and location of each […]
Section 325E.53 — Improper Licensing Practices.
325E.53 IMPROPER LICENSING PRACTICES. No performing rights society or any agent or employee of a performing rights society shall: (1) collect, or attempt to collect, from a proprietor licensed by that performing rights society, a royalty payment except as provided in a contract executed pursuant to sections 325E.50 to 325E.57; or (2) enter into the […]