legally license a song
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J.R. Hudson
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Find out who owns the rights and ask.
What is the song ?
What is the song ?
ryan brown
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Just a page I found surfing around...
Music – Nearly all music performances in public require permission. If you intend to play music in public, you will have to get permission beforehand. There are permission licenses for playing music on telephone hold, intercom systems in stores, restaurants, and other public places, and for jukeboxes in public places. All radio stations that broadcast music are required to have a license. Even nightclubs that hire bands for live music have to have a permission license if the band intends to play cover music, or music that is popular and protected by copyright. One licensing agency demanded that the Girl Scouts pay permission fees for singing copyright-protected music around their campfires. The agency representative was reported to have said, “They buy twine and glue for their crafts…they can pay for their music, too.” 1 All music is protected by copyright except for music that is in the Public Domain. See Music and Copyright. Of all artistic works protected by copyright, music is the most licensed and regulated. The most efficient way to get permission is to contact all licensing agencies. Several types of music licenses and songs are licensed by different agencies. These are the agencies that license most music in the United States:
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
(212) 621-6000
info@ascap.com
www.ascap.com
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
(800) 925-8451
www.BMI.com
genlic@BMI.com
Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC)
(800) 826-9996
(212) 586-3450
license@sesac.com
Harry Fox Agency
www.nmpa.org/hfa.html
Music – Nearly all music performances in public require permission. If you intend to play music in public, you will have to get permission beforehand. There are permission licenses for playing music on telephone hold, intercom systems in stores, restaurants, and other public places, and for jukeboxes in public places. All radio stations that broadcast music are required to have a license. Even nightclubs that hire bands for live music have to have a permission license if the band intends to play cover music, or music that is popular and protected by copyright. One licensing agency demanded that the Girl Scouts pay permission fees for singing copyright-protected music around their campfires. The agency representative was reported to have said, “They buy twine and glue for their crafts…they can pay for their music, too.” 1 All music is protected by copyright except for music that is in the Public Domain. See Music and Copyright. Of all artistic works protected by copyright, music is the most licensed and regulated. The most efficient way to get permission is to contact all licensing agencies. Several types of music licenses and songs are licensed by different agencies. These are the agencies that license most music in the United States:
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
(212) 621-6000
info@ascap.com
www.ascap.com
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
(800) 925-8451
www.BMI.com
genlic@BMI.com
Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC)
(800) 826-9996
(212) 586-3450
license@sesac.com
Harry Fox Agency
www.nmpa.org/hfa.html
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rcbrown23 said:
Good info, rcbrown.
Just wanted to point out that the Harry Fox Agency stopped doing synchronization licensing some years ago now. 3 or 4 at least.
They do still do mechanical licensing though, but my guess is the original poster of this thread was interested in synch.
Just to echo what Blaine poster, here is Sundance's policy on licensing copyrighted material:
From a legal standpoint, you must clear all copyrighted material included in your
film before you can publicly screen it. However, Sundance does not check to
make sure that you have cleared these materials at any point during the process,
nor will we be held responsible for any legal issues that might arise from the
inclusion of uncleared materials in your film. It is the sole responsibility of the
entity submitting the film to secure permission from the copyright holder of the
material in question, whether it is music, stock footage, or any other elements
that could violate someone else's copyright. Quite often, rights-holders offer
reduced rates for festival films, so you should contact them directly to avoid any
possible rights infringements.
film before you can publicly screen it. However, Sundance does not check to
make sure that you have cleared these materials at any point during the process,
nor will we be held responsible for any legal issues that might arise from the
inclusion of uncleared materials in your film. It is the sole responsibility of the
entity submitting the film to secure permission from the copyright holder of the
material in question, whether it is music, stock footage, or any other elements
that could violate someone else's copyright. Quite often, rights-holders offer
reduced rates for festival films, so you should contact them directly to avoid any
possible rights infringements.
