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Organizations for a specific class of artists with similar creative interests

Guilds

100

Organizations focused on employee-employer relations

Unions

100

A permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade

License

100

WGA

Writer's Guild of America

100

The current CEO and co-founder of Spotify

Daniel Ek

200

An _____________ is a self-employed individual who provides services to clients or businesses under a contractual agreement, rather than as an employee.

Independent Contractor

200

A place which employs both union and nonunion employees

Open Shop

200

The type of license needed to use a piece in conjunction with a visual medium.

Synchronization License

200

AEA

Actor's Equity Association

200

Prof W participated in this sport while at EKU

Fencing

300

Term for a place in which union membership is required for employment.

Closed Shop

300

Term for the minimum pay rate offered by a union gig, which is often substantially higher than nonunion pay. 

Union Scale

300

A _________ grants permission to play a copyrighted work in public.

Performance License

300

AFM

American Federation of Musicians

300

Kaye Sutherland's NFL crush

Justin Jefferson

400

___________ laws restrict what unions can do in terms of mandating membership.

Right-to-work

400

Which entertainment labor union famously went on strike recently?

SAG-AFTRA

400

The type of license tied to the distribution of a copyrighted work

Mechanical License

400

AGMA

American Guild of Musical Artists

400

JC's motto from MUS191

Just be positive!

500

Unions negotiate ____________ agreements with employers, which set out rules that the employer must follow with respect to certain types of employees.

Collective Bargaining

500

The AFM, which is the oldest union in the United States still actively representing professionals in the fields of entertainment and the arts, was founded in this year:

1896

500

The three biggest PRO's operating in the United States are: 

ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC

500

SAG-AFTRA

Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 

500

The best classic rock band in history, according to me

Led Zeppelin

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