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Jason Baruch taught his “Who Gets What?” course about royalty pools at the Commercial Theater Institute.

Conflicts are often dramatized in film, literature and other art forms. Anyone who has grown up watching Perry Mason can attest that the excitement of the courtroom, as usually portrayed through the heated adversarial actions of the litigators, is what drives the story.

Conflicts are often dramatized in film, literature and other art forms. Anyone who has grown up watching Perry Mason can attest that the excitement of the courtroom, as usually portrayed through the heated adversarial actions of the litigators, is what drives the story.

Jason Baruch taught his “Who Gets What?” course about royalty pools at the Commercial Theater Institute.

October 2012 edition of THE DRAMATISTS, Ralph Sevush laments the encroachment by orchestrators and arrangers on the rights and income streams of composers and lyricists, suggesting that this is a direct result of the efforts of a single attorney exerting his “near monopoly over the talent” to establish “overscale” terms as the “going rate” for orchestrators and arrangers.

Exploring the challenges and compensation issues faced by orchestrators in theater production agreements.