Music Publishers Chapter 5

Question 1

What trade association represents the most publishers in the popular music field?

Accepted Answer

National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)

Question 2

Copyright department will perform a number of tasks. Which of these tasks would typically NOT be performed by that group

Accepted Answer

Collecting/checking for the writer’s share of performance royalties

Question 3

What is it when a publisher uses various artist to sing new music prior to it's release?

Accepted Answer

Song Casting

Question 4

Today, the heart of the music publishing industry still lies in the print business.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Online services pay publishers a fee for providing consumers access to copyrighted music. (streaming and downloading)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

The Harry Fox Agency is involved in sound recordings, public performance rights, dramatic rights, and print rights.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Much of the income of classical publishers derives from the rental or licensing of music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Many recording artists who write their own material form their own publishing companies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

When it comes to promotion of popular songs, what is the publisher’s main concern?

Accepted Answer

getting music recorded, broadcast, and streamed

Question 10

What was the first book related to music published in America?

Accepted Answer

The Bay Psalm Book

Question 11

Popular music publishing first became big business at about what time?

Accepted Answer

1900

Question 12

A publisher may contractually commit a writer to delivering a certain number of songs a year.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Firms affiliated with either a multinational publishing organization or label are referred to as independents.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The Harry Fox Agency was acquired by which entity in 2015?

Accepted Answer

SESAC

Question 15

Administrative publishers generally focus on exploitation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Large publishers may buy out other publishers’ whole catalogs if the price is right.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Record company publishing affiliates may acquire catalogs from other publishers or writers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Often the record company and music publisher are seeking the same talent.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

(AIMP) educates, is a networking business, and advocates in public policy, regulation and legal matters.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

With overseas payments, this method pays all fees and transactional cost before paying the publisher.

Accepted Answer

Receipts base deal

Question 21

It is unwise for an artist to set up a new publishing company rather than seek a deal with an established publisher.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Artists and disc jockeys can quickly stitch together bits of existing songs in mashups in what is called sampling.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Which music center city is best known for a flourishing independent music publishing scene?

Accepted Answer

Nashville

Question 24

With overseas payments, this method pays publishers directly before paying any fees in the various countries

Accepted Answer

At-Source Deal

Question 25

When whole catalogs are bought, the seller normally assigns all rights of copyright and ownership to writers

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What does the term cut-in most commonly refer to?

Accepted Answer

Sharing of the revenue from a copyright with a party who doesn’t own it

Question 27

Today, there are only a handful of major publishers, and they dominate the industry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

The Harry Fox Agency is accustomed to splitting mechanical royalties it receives from copyright owners

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Even small publishers always have a copyright attorney on their regular full-time staff of salaried employees.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Mechanical royalties declined significantly in the 2000s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

To avoid legal conflicts, the trend is for record labels to rarely own or affiliate with publishing companies.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

Creative department will perform a number of tasks. Which one of these tasks would NOT be performed by that group?

Accepted Answer

Negotiate with overseas sub publishers on behalf of writers

Music Publishers Chapter 5

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Music Publishers Chapter 5

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