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Amounts for artists are determined by the terms of personal service contracts negotiated between the artists and record entities and usually are determined based upon a percentage of sales activity and license fee income, adjusted for estimated sales returns. Royalties for publishing are based on the copyright or other applicable laws, but the requirements of the law may be modified by licenses issued by the publishers.\"><span>royalties</span></a> earned by artists, as adjusted for anticipated returns, shall be charged to expense of the period in which the sale of the record takes place. </span></span><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_E55E1E83-6E93-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\"> <a href=\"/glossary/a/#advance-royalty\" class=\"term\" title=\"An amount paid to music publishers, record producers, songwriters, or other artists in advance of their earning royalties from record or music sales. Such an amount is based on contractual terms and is generally nonrefundable.\"><span>Advance royalties</span></a> shall be charged to expense as subsequent royalties are earned by the artist. Any portion of such advances that subsequently appear not to be fully recoverable from future royalties to be earned by the artist shall be charged to expense during the period in which the loss becomes evident. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"The amount of royalties earned by artists, as adjusted for anticipated returns, shall be charged to expense of the period in which the sale of the record takes place. 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It is used to produce molds for commercial record production and other tapes for use in making cartridges, cassettes, DVDs, and reel tapes. The costs of producing a record master include the cost of the musical talent (musicians, vocal background, and arrangements); the cost of the technical talent for engineering, directing, and mixing; costs for the use of the equipment to record and produce the master; and studio facility charges. Under the standard type of artist contract, the record company bears a portion of the cost and recovers a portion of the cost from the artist out of designated royalties earned. However, either party may bear all or most of the cost.\"><span>record master</span></a> cost borne by the record company not reported as an asset in accordance with paragraph <a href=\"/asc/340/928/#340-928-25-2\" class=\"xref\">928-340-25-2</a> </span></span><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_E55E20FF-6E93-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\"> shall be charged to expense. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"The portion of the record master cost borne by the record company not reported as an asset in accordance with paragraph 928-340-25-2 shall be charged to 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