Kansas Statutes 57-224. Prohibited acts
(a) No agent or employee of a performing rights society shall:
(1) Enter onto the premises of a proprietor’s business for the purpose of discussing a contract for payment of royalties for the use of copyrighted works by that proprietor without first identifying the agent or employee to the proprietor or the proprietor’s employees; or
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 57-224
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- performing rights: refer to "public performance for profit"; the word "user" means any person who directly or indirectly performs or causes to be performed musical compositions for profit; the term "blanket license" includes any device whereby public performance for profit is authorized of the combined copyrights of two or more owners; the term "blanket royalty or fee" includes any device whereby prices for performing rights are not based on the separate performance of individual copyrights. See Kansas Statutes 57-201
(2) collect or attempt to collect from a proprietor licensed by that performing rights society a royalty payment or any other fee except as provided in a contract executed pursuant to the provisions of this act.
(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a performing rights society from informing the proprietor of the proprietor’s obligations under the federal copyright law, title 17 of the United States Code.