POLICY RUTGERS TEMPLATE Section: 50.3.6 Section Title: Legal Matters Policy Name: Licensing and Royalties of Campus Music Performances
Formerly Book: 6.4.7 Approval Authority: Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Executive Vice President for Administrative Affairs Responsible Executive: Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Executive Vice President for Administrative Affairs Responsible Office: Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Office of the Executive Vice President for Administrative Affairs Originally Issued: 1978 Revisions: This policy is in the process of revision; the existing policy is below. For assistance, please contact the Office of Administrative Affairs at [e-mail] or 732/932-5661. 6. The Policy LICENSING AND ROYALTIES OF CAMPUS MUSIC PERFORMANCES A. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, on January 1, 1978 entered into a Music Royalty License agreement with SESAC (Society of European Stage, Authors and Composers), ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), and BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.). These agreements are in conformity the with Copyright Revision Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-553) effective on January 1, 1978. The University has two types of reporting requirements which become the audit basis for the Universitys obligation to pay royalties. 1. The University will pay annually to ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, a Head tax based on the total full-time students and all part-time students equated to full-time students. Source of information is the current HEGIS (Higher Education General Information Survey) report. 2. The University will pay monthly to ASCAP and BMI an Event tax as applicable on all events or activities where music is played (by a performer or a group of performers) where the individual(s) playing are...