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MPPA — Continued
cast later by stations not included in the original broadcast. Entry of the MPPA into this type of licensing is new, and the contract form so far is in the proposed stage only. A sample of this proposed contract is appended.
Officers
Headquarters of the Music Publishers' Protective Association are at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City ; phone Circle 6-3084. Harry Fox is general manager. Current officers are : Walter Douglas, president ; Lester Santly, vicepresident ; Max Dreyfuss, treasurer, and Jack Mills, secretary.
PROPOSED M.P.P.A. OFF-THE-AIR RECORDING LICENSE
On behalf of the publishers named in Schedule "A", annexed hereto and made part hereof, which publishers hereinafter are referred to as my principals. I hereby grant to you the non-exclusive right, license, privilege and authority to record in the United States, either mechanically or electrically, music, musical compositions, or musical programs performed by broadcast, to the extent that the mechanical recording rights to such music or musical compositions, or part thereof, are owned or controlled by my principals, subject, however, to the following terms and conditions:
(1) That this license shall not extend to nor include musical compositions which have not theretofore been lawfully recorded under Section 1 (e) of the Copyright Act of the United States, nor musical compositions which have not theretofore been published and copyrighted.
(2) That this license shall not give you the right to record any musical composition not within the repertory of the American Society of Composers. Authors and Publishers, nor to record any performance not duly licensed by said American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
(3) That no recording made or caused to be made by you hereunder shall be publicly performed for profit either by means of radio broadcast or otherwise, except that where due to unavailability of radio station facilities or resulting inconvenience to radio stations, recordings are made for delayed or deferred broadcasts, they may be broadcast within one week from the recording thereof.
(4) That no recording made or caused to be made by you hereunder shall be sold except for file, reference, or audition purposes, and that in no event shall any records (whether masters or pressings) be sold in bulk or to the general public.
(5) Each record made or caused to be made by you hereunder shall bear the following notice on a label:
"The disposition or use of this record is strictly limited by written license."
(6) This license shall remain in full force and effect for the term of six (6) months from the date hereof.
(7) In consideration for the issuance of this license to you, you agree to pay therefor the sum of $ which sum shall be payable in six equal monthly installments
on the first day of each month, commencing with the 1st day of , 1938.
(8) You hereby accept such license subject to all of the aforementioned terms and conditions.
Dated, the day of , 1938.
Harry Fox, Agent and Trustee Accepted:
By
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