Illinois Compiled Statutes 815 Business Transactions: Article -

• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Music Licensing Fees Act. (Source: P.A. 89-114, eff. 1-1-96.)
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 5
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical or similar work recognized and enforceable...
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 10
  Licensing negotiations. No performing rights society shall enter into, or offer to enter into, a contract for the payment of royalties by a proprietor...
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 15
  Royalty contract requirements. Every contract for the payment of royalties between a proprietor and a performing rights society executed in this State shall be:...
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 20
  Improper licensing practices. No performing rights society or any agent or employee thereof shall collect, or attempt to collect, from a proprietor licensed by...
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 25
  Investigations. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a performing rights society from conducting investigations to determine the existence of music use...
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 30
  Remedies; injunction. Any person who suffers a violation of this Act may bring an action to recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees and...
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 35
  Remedies cumulative. The rights, remedies, and prohibitions contained in this Act shall be in addition to and cumulative of any other right, remedy, or...
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 40
  Exceptions. This Act shall not apply to contracts between copyright owners or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or to...
• Illinois Music Licensing Fees Act. - 815 ILCS 637, Section 99
  Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996. (Source: P.A. 89-114, eff. 1-1-96.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015