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Page 1 of 3 <br /> Teresa Bender <br /> From: Tom Lee [TomLee ©nol- tec.com] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:36 AM <br /> To: Michael Jeziorski; 'Patrick Branch' <br /> Cc: John Grahek; Teresa Bender <br /> Subject: RE: budget? <br /> Greetings all, <br /> The ASCAP fee is required if "cover" songs will be played. If ONLY original music or music that is in the <br /> public domain was performed, the city would not have to pay this fee. <br /> However, since it is likely that most of these acts will perform at least some copyrighted music, it is <br /> ethically responsible to pay the ASCAP fee. Some venues require only original or public domain music to <br /> be performed to avoid this fee, while others simply ignore the ASCAP all together. I have heard of <br /> venues successfully argue that as they were not profiting from the musical performance, they felt no <br /> obligation to pay the fee. I think that this is where ethics come into play. <br /> As a musician, I feel it is important to acknowledge the intellectual property of my fellow musicians and <br /> applaud the city in doing their "due diligence ". <br /> Thomas A. Lee <br /> Nol -Tec Systems <br /> Test Facility Engineer <br /> (651) 780 -8600 ext 247 <br /> tomlee @nol- tec.com <br /> (651) 203 -2547 direct line »> Michael Jeziorski <MJeziorski @CENTERVILLEMN,com> 3/20/2012 8:18 <br /> AM »> <br /> Pat, <br /> I meant to alert you to that charge. The $320.00 is to the American Society of Composers and is for <br /> copyright related information as it relates to music. As a staff, we went through our due diligence to see <br /> if it was necessary to pay and concluded there was no way around it because of the City sponsored <br /> Music in the Park activities. Attached is the background information for your review. <br /> Please let me know if you have any further questions, <br /> Mike <br /> From: Patrick Branch [mailto:pbranch @cox.net] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:47 AM <br /> To: Tom Lee <br /> Cc: Michael Jeziorski; Teresa Bender; John Grahek <br /> Subject: Re: budget? <br /> Tom, <br /> We have $2200 in the budget for Music -In -The Parks. Mike's Feb report shows that we <br /> have spent $320. i will have to ask him what that expenditure was. <br /> We also have money in a parks program line that is not fully committed. I will fence off <br /> $350 from that line for the Jam. <br /> 4/12/2012 <br />