Acknowledgements to First Edition of The Art of Music Licensing

Acknowledgments To the First Edition

We have many people to thank for their assistance in the preparation of this work. We wish to especially express our gratitude to Prof. Lionel S. Sobel, Esq., Ronald H. Gertz, Esq., and Vincent S. Castellucci who made critical readings of parts of the work and provided very helpful suggestions for its improvement. We also wish to thank the following individuals who furnished some of the forms or other information included in this volume: M. William Krasilovsky, Esq., Bernard Korman, Esq., Gary Ford, Marvin L. Berenson, Esq., Ira B. Selsky, Esq., Martin Cohen, Esq., Don Biederman, Esq., Naomi Saltzman, Sid Luft, and Roy Kohn. We give special acknowledgment to Matthew D. Kohn, Esq. for his insight and experience in representing contemporary artists and firms in the entertainment field.

Our sincerest thanks and gratitude are due to those who have contributed to the cumulative experiences that have found their way into this book, including Abe Lyman, Ben Yost, Irving Caesar, Patty Andrews, Wally Weschler, Danny Gould, Arthur Hamilton, John Clark, Esq., Edward Slattery, Mrs. Frank Hummert, David Day, Bernard Sorkin, Esq., Louise Dembeck, Esq., Milton A. Rudin, Esq., Ed Perlstein, Esq., Walter Evans, Ed Silvers, Mel Blye, James Cornelius, Chuck Kaye, Les Bider, Jay Morgenstern, Michael Sandoval, Joe Guardino, and Max Berkovitz. It is painful for us to think that while we were carrying on this work, several of those to whom it would have been most interesting have passed away. We therefore wish to add to our acknowledgement the friendship and encouragement of the late Ira Gershwin, Leonore Gershwin, Harry Warren, Jerry Livingston, Herb Magidson, Milton Ager, Ben Oakland, Sammy Fain, and Howard and Lucinda Dietz.

We thank Philippe Kahn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Borland International, Inc. for having the foresight to provide the company's long-term employees with the sabbatical time required to complete works such as this. We also thank Spencer Leyton, John Hansen, Linda Wallraff, John Smart, Allen Dixon, and other members of the the law and corporate affairs department of Borland International, and its outside counsel Peter Astiz, Esq., Gary Reback, Esq., Martin Greenstein, Esq., Steven Brower, Esq., Stan Sokoloff, Esq., Peter Gelhaar, Esq., Allen Grogan, Esq., and Samuel Farb, Esq., without whom there would have been no opportunity to take advantage of that sabbatical time. Special thanks to Joan Kanady for her tireless assistance in optically scanning, typing and editing the forms that went into this volume and printing and copying numerous drafts of the manuscript. We also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Noah J. Gordon, Esq., our editor, and the creative staff at Prentice-Hall Law and Business, and Lisa Nielsen of Borland International for a beautiful jacket design.

We also must thank the entire Kohn family, including Ted and Joanne Kohn, and their children Beth and Todd, for their continuous encouragement and, most especially, Lori, Katie and Joey for their patience and unwavering love and support during this prolonged endeavor. Above all, we wish to acknowledge the encouragement, support, and wisdom of the person to whom this book we lovingly dedicate.

Now, let's get on with the show. . . .

AL KOHN
BOB KOHN
October, 1992

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