COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 9 - COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES	Joint Venture Agreement – Music Reports, Inc. On September 1, 2018, the Company entered into an initial joint venture (“JV”) agreement with Music Reports, Inc., (“MRI”). Music Reports (musicreports.com), , will initially partner with VNUE to provide Performing Rights Organization (PRO) data to VNUE’s Soundstr MRT (music recognition technology) platform through its extensive Songdex database, and will eventually work with VNUE to integrate automated direct licensing capability and royalty payment and distribution into the Soundstr platform. The initial term of the JV is for six (6) months and requires the Company to Pay MRI fifty percent (50%) of net revenue of a quarterly basis. As of September 30, 2018, no net revenue was generated from the JV. Litigation – Hughes Media Law Group, Inc. On December 11, 2015, Hughes Media Law Group, Inc. (“HLMG”) filed a lawsuit against VNUE, Inc. in the Superior Court of King County, Washington, under case number 15-2-30108-0. HMLG claims damages of $130,553 for unpaid legal fees HMLG alleges are owed pursuant to an April 4, 2014 agreement with VNUE Washington, for legal work performed by HMLG for VNUE Washington prior to the Merger. The Complaint sets forth no legal basis for a lawsuit against VNUE, Inc. (Nevada) and does not, in fact, sue VNUE Washington, HMLG’s former client. The Company believes that VNUE, Inc. (Nevada) is not the proper party for this lawsuit, and reserves all available defenses and counterclaims. Under Washington Superior Court rules, VNUE, Inc. (Nevada) if service of process takes place outside of Washington, a defendant has Sixty (60) days from the date on which it was served the Complaint, to file a response setting forth its defenses. On July 25, 2016, the court issued judgment awarding HLMG $133,482 with interest at a rate of 12% per annum. The judgment stipulated that $12,000 be paid within five days of the judgment and payments of $4,000 per month to start in October, 2016. The amount of the settlement has been recorded in accounts payable in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2017. On April 12, 2018, the Company and Hughes Media Law Group, Inc. (“HLMG”) entered into a conversion and cancellation of debt agreement relating to the outstanding obligation. The Company agreed to convert the total remaining outstanding obligation of $118,065 into 3,935,512 shares of common stock, or $0.03 per share (see Note 8).

COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Joint Venture Agreement – Music Reports, Inc.

On September 1, 2018, the Company entered into an initial joint venture (“JV”) agreement with Music Reports, Inc., (“MRI”). Music Reports (musicreports.com), , will initially partner with VNUE to provide Performing Rights Organization (PRO) data to VNUE’s Soundstr MRT (music recognition technology) platform through its extensive Songdex database, and will eventually work with VNUE to integrate automated direct licensing capability and royalty payment and distribution into the Soundstr platform. The initial term of the JV is for six (6) months and requires the Company to Pay MRI fifty percent (50%) of net revenue of a quarterly basis. As of September 30, 2018, no net revenue was generated from the JV.

Litigation – Hughes Media Law Group, Inc.

On December 11, 2015, Hughes Media Law Group, Inc. (“HLMG”) filed a lawsuit against VNUE, Inc. in the Superior Court of King County, Washington, under case number 15-2-30108-0. HMLG claims damages of $130,553 for unpaid legal fees HMLG alleges are owed pursuant to an April 4, 2014 agreement with VNUE Washington, for legal work performed by HMLG for VNUE Washington prior to the Merger. The Complaint sets forth no legal basis for a lawsuit against VNUE, Inc. (Nevada) and does not, in fact, sue VNUE Washington, HMLG’s former client. The Company believes that VNUE, Inc. (Nevada) is not the proper party for this lawsuit, and reserves all available defenses and counterclaims. Under Washington Superior Court rules, VNUE, Inc. (Nevada) if service of process takes place outside of Washington, a defendant has Sixty (60) days from the date on which it was served the Complaint, to file a response setting forth its defenses. On July 25, 2016, the court issued judgment awarding HLMG $133,482 with interest at a rate of 12% per annum. The judgment stipulated that $12,000 be paid within five days of the judgment and payments of $4,000 per month to start in October, 2016. The amount of the settlement has been recorded in accounts payable in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2017. On April 12, 2018, the Company and Hughes Media Law Group, Inc. (“HLMG”) entered into a conversion and cancellation of debt agreement relating to the outstanding obligation. The Company agreed to convert the total remaining outstanding obligation of $118,065 into 3,935,512 shares of common stock, or $0.03 per share (see Note 8).