THE PLAIN AND SIMPLE GUIDE TO MUSIC PUBLISHING  by Randall D. Wixen 

Study Guide by Chris Williams, MBA

 

T/F MULTIPLE CHOICE  

 

_______ 1. T/F Wixen believes that, “…those who overvalue and overprice music have damaged the legitimate consumption of music and instead encourage rampant theft…”

 

______  2. T/F Typically, a feature film has at least 40 minutes of musical scoring

 

_____ 3. T/F “File sharing” is not “willful copyright infringement”

 

_____ 4. T/F Writers and publishers who lack the self-respect to value their compositions contribute to the general depression in the music business for those who are not stars

 

_____ 5. T/F Video game licensing at low rates for hot new bands has been shown to increase sales through that exposure

 

_____ 6. The worst cases of “licensing by exposure” lately seem to be in video-game music licensing 

 

__ __ 7. “Ad cards” in exchange for low licensing rates on TV ads have been shown to increase record sales

 

______ 8. In Europe, normally 5% of advertising campaigns (5% pool) are dedicated to licensing music

 

______ 9. Outside of the U.S., an aggregate mechanical royalty licensing pool is used to determine mechanical license income

 

_____ 10. A good thing about the step deal for music in films is that a lot of exposure can bring you better deals for the song