Performing Rights Organizations and Associations

So your community association has survived Hurricane Irma and completed all the repairs. In celebration of this milestone, the association decided to hold a community wide cookout with live music. The celebration was a success and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Now, two weeks later, you are in receipt of a certified letter from a Performing Rights Organization advising you that the band you hired performed copyrighted material from artists it represents, and that the association is in violation of federal copyright law and is threatening serious penalties unless you agree to purchase a license from the organization. What have you done and what do you do?     Read the article…………………..

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