This Music Business Quiz explores key aspects of copyright and law procedures, assessing knowledge on copyright infringement, protection mechanisms, and royalty calculations. It is essential for anyone involved in music production or management.
You copy 4 bars from someones original score
You copy 6 bars from someones original score
You copy 8 bars or more from someones original score
You copy 2 bars from someones original score
Any or all of the above
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Repeated compensation
A weekly flat fee
A bonus computed at the end of the fiscal year
A tax owed by the record companies
Any members of the royal family
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Giving a certain number of units to a store to sell and agreeing to split the profits
Giving another party control over the profits
Selling at wholesale cost to the public
Charging sales tax
Eliminating the possibility of returns
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CD sales only
CD and download sales
CD and downloads, publishing, ringtones, live shows and merchandise
All non-music related income
DVD sales, scholarships and travel agents
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True
False
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Pro bono
Copyright act
Dual management
A&C
Blanket License
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Stems
Overdubs
Visual images
A copy
A clone
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While he is working for the artist
If there is a co-manager
Earned on deals he did
On money to be paid to him after the term has expired on contracts done during the term
All of the above
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Major record company distributors
Rack jobbers and two stops
Regional and local indie distributors
Foreign districts
None of the above
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Allows an artist to be a spokesperson for a product without imposing any restrictions
Requires an artist to endorse the product in question at every opportunity
Makes no demands on an artist
Allows an artist to lie about what he/she endorses
None of the above
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True
False
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Unions for songwriter's
Trade groups representing artists and producers
Social organizations for musicians and writers
Performance rights organizations representing publishers and writers
None of the above
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True
False
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On paper
In a letter of contract between the creator and the end user
Fixed, in tangible form
For at least 70 years
None of the above
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The local union
Your lawyer
The Library of Congress in Washington
All of the above
None of the above
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True
False
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The idea
The work
The material form
The artistic craftsmanship
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Collect the money on behalf of the artist
Sign the artist's name to booking agreements
Sign the back of the artist's checks and deposit it in any account he deems necessary
All of the above
None of the above
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The year it is recouped
If it is greater than profits
The year you receive it
The year your contract expires
Never
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Sub-publisher
Co-publisher
Third publisher
None of the above
A music attorney
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Digital Rights Management
Digital Royalty Management
Direct Royalty Management
Distributed Royalty Merchandise
Direct Rights Management
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Half the CD rate
Lower than the CD rate
Higher than the CD rate
Dictated by Copyright Act of 1976
Twice the CD rate
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Recording studio income
Publishers profits
Record/CD sales
Radio airplay
All of the above
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50%
75%
25%
12.5%
100%
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Amplifiers
Toys
A nuisance
Musical instruments
All of the above
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True
False
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$100.00 per hour
The lowest card rate
A percentage of a point
A higher than normal studio rate
Free
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0%
10%
35%
75%
100%
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The royalty
The statutory rate
2 points
The royalty base
None of the above
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