Oral history interview with Paul Marks. 1980 March 14; interview conducted by John Lomax III. 1980 Mar. 14.

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Oral history interview with Paul Marks. 1980 March 14; interview conducted by John Lomax III. 1980 Mar. 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232361975

ASCAP executive Paul Marks discusses the history of performing rights, ASCAP and BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), and his career. Discussion includes being hired as a lawyer in ASCAP's legal department and working his way up to Managing Director; the importance of helping songwriters protect their creative works; the business structure of ASCAP; the competitive relationship between ASCAP and BMI; the history of performing rights organizations; the issue of BMI's "illegal" status; the necessity of having the government involved in protecting the music industry, ASCAP, writers, music publishers, and the public; the ASCAP-radio "war" of 1941; fees collected by performance rights organizations from jukebox operators; differences between the ways ASCAP and BMI operate; Nashville's diverse music scene; various awards given by ASCAP; major problems ASCAP faces; signing Bob Dylan; and how performance rights organizations work together to insure that the creator is compensated when his work is performed.

3 sound cassettes (2 hours, 13 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7097813

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Marks, Paul

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Executive, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). From the description of Oral history interview with Paul Marks. 1980 March 14; interview conducted by John Lomax III. 1980 Mar. 14. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 232361975 ...

American society of composers, authors and publishers

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Taylor and Adams were each president of the ASCAP at the time of their writing; Nissim was in the Serious Music Department; Cunningham signed the television rights agreement on behalf of the ASCAP. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1944-1961. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862820 ...

Marks, Paul

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Executive, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). From the description of Oral history interview with Paul Marks. 1980 March 14; interview conducted by John Lomax III. 1980 Mar. 14. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 232361975 ...

Lomax, John, III

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