Sec. 1. (a) At least seventy-two (72) hours before the execution of a contract between a performing rights society and a proprietor, the performing rights society shall provide the proprietor with the following written information:

(1) A schedule of the rates and terms of royalties under the contract.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-37-3-1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(2) A toll free telephone number from which the proprietor may obtain answers to inquiries concerning musical works and copyright owners represented by the performing rights society.

(3) Notice that the performing rights society is in compliance with:

(A) state and federal law; and

(B) orders of courts having jurisdiction over:

(i) rates and terms of royalties; and

(ii) the licensing for public performance of copyrighted nondramatic musical works.

     (b) At the request of the proprietor or a representative of the proprietor, not less than seventy-two (72) hours before the execution of a contract between a performing rights society and a proprietor, the performing rights society shall provide the proprietor with the following additional information or specify how the proprietor may, at the proprietor’s expense, obtain the following additional information:

(1) The most recent available list of the members or affiliates represented by the society.

(2) The most recent available list of the copyrighted musical works in the performing rights society’s repertory.

[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-14-3-1.]

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.22.