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Jul 1, 2000 12:00 PM, Gino Robair

           
 

A.R.T. (www.artroch.com) is accepting submissions for a new Internet Showcase that will be posted on its Web site. The Showcase will include profiles of professionals using A.R.T. products, as well as user tips and advice. The company is requesting press kits and photos to get the ball rolling. For more information, check out its site or send a message to art@artroch.com... There are an increasing number of important resources on the Web for songwriters, composers, and other creators and users of musical content. The home page of the United States Copyright Office of the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov/copyright) includes general information relating to intellectual property and copyright legislation, a tremendously useful FAQ page, and copyright application forms (such as Form PA for registering performing-arts works) in both Adobe Acrobat PDF format and as HTML text files. Performing rights organizations BMI (www.bmi.com) and ASCAP (www.ascap.com) offer useful online forms, info on Internet licensing, music-business features, and a database searchable by song and artist, as well as a variety of information for writers, publishers, broadcasters, and other music professionals. If you need information about licensing or using someone else's compositions, visit the Harry Fox Agency (www.nmpa .org/hfa.html), the no. 1 performing-rights clearinghouse. The site has a database searchable by song title, album title, recording artist, or songwriter.