Maximum Number of Commercials Per Session. A maximum of three commercial announcements may be claimed for any original one-hour minimum call session. One additional commercial announcement may be claimed for each additional 20 minutes or part thereof that has been paid as part of the original session. In computing the maximum number of commercial announcements which may be claimed, the Employer shall be limited to the number of commercial announcements which may be claimed for the Side Musician with the lowest reported hours worked for such session (including overtime, if any). For purposes of this computation, the services of Arranger, Orchestrator or Copyist shall not be considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any session where the music is produced entirely by means of synthesizer(s), no more than eight commercial announcements may be claimed even if the number of reported hours worked exceeds two hours and forty minutes. Example A: For a session lasting two hours and forty minutes of consecutive time in the aggregate, hours worked are reported as follows: Leader: 2:40 Side Musician A: 2:40 Side Musician B: 2:00 Side Musician C: 1:20 The maximum number of commercial announcements which may be claimed by the Employer for the session would be four (three for the initial hour, plus one for an additional twenty minutes), because the 1:20 reported for Side Musician C amounted to the lowest reported hours for any of the Musicians who performed at the session. Example B: Four music tracks are recorded in a session lasting one hour and twenty minutes of consecutive time in the aggregate and hours worked are reported as follows: Leader: 1:20 Side Musicians A, B & C: 1:20 each Side Musician D: 1:00 Even though four tracks were actually recorded, the maximum number of commercial announcements which may be claimed by the Employer for the session would be three because the 1:00 reported for Side Musician D amounted to the lowest reported hours for any of the Musicians who performed at the session. Payment for the initial use cycles of the first three commercial announcements incorporating any one of the tracks is covered by the Initial Use payment. If any one of the music tracks recorded at the session is incorporated into an additional commercial announcement or any subsequent commercial announcement, payment of the applicable use fee or re-use fee for the initial cycle shall be due to the Leader, Side Musician(s), Sideline Musician(s) and music preparation personnel who performed service...
Maximum Number of Commercials Per Session. The provisions of Article VIII Section 2 (p. 19) will apply with respect to the maximum number of commercials per session under this Article XI.
