Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition

Artists leaders and artist-run groups addressing policy issues that affect artists in Massachusetts

Feb 8: Artists, Authors, Musicians – Learn how to protect your IP legacy

Artists of all disciplines must learn how to protect their IP legacy. You’ve struggled and worked extremely hard throughout your career. You need to know how to properly protect that valuable legacy!

CSUSA and CLIC will co-sponsor an elite panel of experts on February 8, 2018, who will cover those important issues.

(via Northeastern University School of Law)

IP Meets T/E: Advising Artists, Authors and Musicians on Legacy, Inheritance and Tax

Co-sponsored by the New England Chapter of the Copyright Society of the United States (CSUSA)
and the School of Law’s Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity (CLIC)

Thursday, February 8, 2018 | 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Northeastern University School of Law
250 Dockser Hall

(more…)

Continue Reading

State Budget Process-First Step-the Governor’s Budget (Part Two)

As mentioned in part one, on January 24th, Governor Baker released his FY19 Budget and to see his full budget see this link:  http://budget.digital.mass.gov/bb/h1/fy19h1/

Part Two is focusing on the public library funding.

There are several library line items MALC follows:

a) 7000-9101 Board of Library Commissioners- Got a slight increase to $1,088,204  

http://budget.digital.mass.gov/bb/h1/fy19h1/brec_19/act_19/h70009101.htm

b) 7000-9401 for State Aid to Regional Libraries Local Aid also got an increase to $10,082,140 

http://budget.digital.mass.gov/bb/h1/fy19h1/brec_19/act_19/h70009401.htm

(more…)

Continue Reading

What’s Up with the Music Modernization Act?

On Friday, January 26, 2018, at 2:00 p.m., the US House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing before the full committee on music policy:

Music Policy Issues: A Perspective from Those Who Make It
https://judiciary.house.gov/hearing/music-policy-issues-perspective-make/

It is worth your while to read the submitted written testimony (included in the link above) from a range of artists involved with producing, recording and songwriting.

The bills mentioned are:

(more…)

Continue Reading

State Budget Process-First Step-the Governor’s Budget (Part One)

MALC is actively following the Commonwealth’s FY19 budget process. We watch  for several “line items” in the budget- the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), funding to our libraries, the tourism funding formula, and the film tax credit program. We also monitor what is filed in the “outside” section(s) of the budget.

The first step in our state budget process is the release of the governor’s budget. By law, the governor must release their budget the fourth Wednesday in January (unless it is the beginning of a new term, then it is the fifth Wednesday the governor file’s their budget).

To learn about the state budget process see this link: https://malegislature.gov/Budget/GovernorsBudget

(more…)

Continue Reading