COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES
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 nine (6) months and requires the Company to Pay MRI fifty percent (50%) of net revenue every quarter. As of December 31, 2019, no net revenue was generated from the JV. Litigation On November 27, 2018, Stout Law Group, P.A., the former counsel for the company and an affiliate of Matheau J. Stout, filed a Federal Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Stout Law Group, PA, v. VNUE, Inc.”, Civil Action No 1:18-CV-03614 JKB) for outstanding legal fees and other damages for work provided during the 2015 and 2016 fiscal years. The Company denies any liability therein and after negotiation with the plaintiff, the foregoing action was voluntarily withdrawn on February 27, 2019, by the plaintiff. The Company has a recorded liability of approximately $72,000 as of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, to Stout Law Group, S.A. for services rendered which are the subject of settlement negotiations. Artist Agreement On October 27, 2015, the Company entered into an Artist Agreement with I Break Horses, a Swedish duo based in Stockholm. The Artist Agreement is effective October 27, 2015, and has a term lasting as long as I Break Horses artist recordings are available via the VNUE Service. Under the terms of the Artist Agreement, the Company shall handle rights clearing and distribution for I Break Horses recordings and receive 30% of the Net Income generated thereby. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had not earned any revenue under this agreement. *COVID-19* The outbreak of communicable diseases, such as a new virus known as the Coronavirus (COVID-19), could result in a widespread health crisis that could adversely affect general commercial activity and our business. An outbreak of communicable diseases in the region that we operate or regions from which our customers travel from or through, or the perception that such an outbreak could occur, and the measures taken by the governments of countries affected, including restricting air travel and other means of transportation, imposing quarantines and curfews and requiring the closure of our offices or other businesses, including office buildings, theatres, retail stores and other commercial venues, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

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 nine (6) months and requires the Company to Pay MRI fifty percent (50%) of net revenue every quarter. As of December 31, 2019, no net revenue was generated from the JV.

Litigation

On November 27, 2018, Stout Law Group, P.A., the former counsel for the company and an affiliate of Matheau J. Stout, filed a Federal Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Stout Law Group, PA, v. VNUE, Inc.”, Civil Action No 1:18-CV-03614 JKB) for outstanding legal fees and other damages for work provided during the 2015 and 2016 fiscal years. The Company denies any liability therein and after negotiation with the plaintiff, the foregoing action was voluntarily withdrawn on February 27, 2019, by the plaintiff. The Company has a recorded liability of approximately $72,000 as of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, to Stout Law Group, S.A. for services rendered which are the subject of settlement negotiations.

Artist Agreement

On October 27, 2015, the Company entered into an Artist Agreement with I Break Horses, a Swedish duo based in Stockholm. The Artist Agreement is effective October 27, 2015, and has a term lasting as long as I Break Horses artist recordings are available via the VNUE Service. Under the terms of the Artist Agreement, the Company shall handle rights clearing and distribution for I Break Horses recordings and receive 30% of the Net Income generated thereby. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had not earned any revenue under this agreement.

COVID-19

The outbreak of communicable diseases, such as a new virus known as the Coronavirus (COVID-19), could result in a widespread health crisis that could adversely affect general commercial activity and our business. An outbreak of communicable diseases in the region that we operate or regions from which our customers travel from or through, or the perception that such an outbreak could occur, and the measures taken by the governments of countries affected, including restricting air travel and other means of transportation, imposing quarantines and curfews and requiring the closure of our offices or other businesses, including office buildings, theatres, retail stores and other commercial venues, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.