AMOA would consider taking its case to court?
GARRETT: Well, here I'm not talking for the
AMOA but for myself personally, but if the
copyright tribunal went along with something not
pertaining to the law then, yes, I think the AMOA
and the operators would go to court. If they would
require me to list my jukeboxes by location, I
personally would go to court before I would do
that. The leadership of the AMOA, by the way, did
discuss this point among themselves and the
consensus was that the AMOA might make it a
court case if the copyright legislation was made too
difficult to comply with.
PLAY METER: What are some other things the
AMOA considers essential in the implementation
of this copyright law?
GARRETT: For one thing single application for
multiple machines should definitely be permitted.
Then if you have 100 or 200 machines, you could
send in all your applications at one time. The
performing artist societies are talking about in-
dividual applications for each jukebox, but this
again would require too much paperwork. Our
whole purpose must be to make this law as easy to
comply with as possible.
PLAY METER: Just one more question on the
copyright law, how often will the jukebox royalty
come up for review by the copyright tribunal?
GARRETT: It will come up for review in 1980, and
then every ten years thereafter.
PLAY METER: How do you see the AMOA year in
general as far as the membership?
GARRETT: I think that more interest has been
created in the AMOA because of our mechanics
school, for one thing. We have had several
mechanics schools now on pin games, and they
have been quite successful.
PLAY METER: Who's brainchild was it to have
the mechanics' schools?
GARRET: Well the AMOA is always looking for
new services for its members, and I have always
believed that before a person can fix a solid state
game he's going to have to know how to fix an
electro-mechanical one. So it was my idea that we
take the people that have been working with us
and who were probably moving equipment around,
answering a few service calls and fixing a few
minor things and give them a chance to step up. The
idea was endorsed and approved by the AMOA
board. They all liked the idea because everyone on
the board feels like we need to bring in more peo-
ple into this business. There's a shortage of service-
men, and we need to educate more people in this
area. My idea was to start these men with the
ABCs of mechanics, get them to read schematics,
then getting them familiar with electro-mechanical
and then letting them work their ways up from
there. It's the same thing as starting out in the first
grade then graduating on up until you're in solid
state.
PLAY METER: How many schools have there
been now?
GARRETT: We've had three schools in Smyrna,
Georgia. Then a lady from Indiana who sent one of
her men to the school liked it so much she wrote us
a very nice letter and said if we would hold one in
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