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OPERATING
AMOA, Copyright Tribunal confer
Representatives of the Amuse-
ment
and
Music
Operators
(A.M .O.A.) met with the newly-
constituted Copyright Royalty Tri-
bunal December 8 in Washington
D.C .
Three members of the A .M .O.A .
Government Relations Committee -
Don Van Brackel, president of the
association; Fred Granger, execu-
tive vice president; and Garland B.
Garrett, immediate past president -
appeared before the Tribunal to
explain the position of jukebox
operators.
Van Brackel showed the associa-
tion's new audio visual program,
after which A .M .O.A. representa-
tives answered questions about the
industry. The purpose of the
meeting was to give the Tribunal a
background of the industry.
Members of the Tribunal are
Clarence L. James, Jr., Douglas E.
Coulter, Thomas C. Brennan (chair-
man) , Mary Lou Berg , and Francis
Garcia .
The new copyright law, which
requires operators to pay a royalty
fee of eight dollars per jukebox per
year, went Into ettect January 1.
According to Granger, operators
will be able to make a single
application for multiple machines,
and there will be continuation
sheets for the larger operators to list
all their jukeboxes .
In top photo, three members of the
AMOA Government Relations Com-
mittee [from left to right in back-
ground] Don Van Bracket, Fred
Granger, and Garland B. Garrett,
Sr. look on as AMOA legal counsel
Nicholas Allen testifies before the
Copyright Tribunal. Bottom picture
shows the members of the Copy-
right Tribunal [from left) Clarence L.
James, Jr., Douglas E. Coulter,
Thomas C. Brennan, Mary Lou Berg
and Frances Garcia.
Copyright
checklist
for operators
The following is a list of five
things which jukebox operators
should be aware of concerning the
new copyright law which went into
effect January 1.
1. Operators will have until Jan-
uary 31, 1978 to file requests for
applications for registration of juke-
boxes that are on location at the
start of the year.
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2. For a jukebox that is placed on
location on any date after January
1, 1978, operators will have one
m onth from the placement date in
which to file an application for
registration.
3. With in twenty days after re-
ceipt of the application and royalty
fee, the Registel of Copyrights will
issue to the operators a certificate
for the j ukebox.
4. March " 1978 is the deadline
for affixing the registration certifi-
cates that are issued by the
Copyright Office on or before
February 19, 1978.
5. Certificates that the Copyright
Office issues anytime after February
19, 1978, must be affixed to
j ukeboxes within ten days of
issuance dates.
PLAY METER , Jan ua ry , 1978