Music Rights for Festivals

[davidblumenfeld]

Hi.

A film I made was accepted to a small festival in Tennessee. I produced it using music off an internet site for "personal usage" - and up to this point that is all it's been. I'm wondering if I now need to expand the usage (and fees to the music company). I will not be receiving revenue from the festival, but I believe they charge people to watch the films...What is the norm for this? It was a pretty low budget production (under 10 grand) and the music for personal use was nominal - but for broadcast is something in the order of $5-600/song x 3 =

Do people normally pay for music rights for festivals, or wait till it gets picked up for broadcast?

 

[wabbit]

In US they absolutely have to have festival licensing for copyrighted material. Israeli law might be different. Consulting a lawyer is the only 100% safe way to proceed.

Cheers

 

[funkbomb]

Hi.

A film I made was accepted to a small festival in Tennessee. I produced it using music off an internet site for "personal usage" - and up to this point that is all it's been. I'm wondering if I now need to expand the usage (and fees to the music company). I will not be receiving revenue from the festival, but I believe they charge people to watch the films...What is the norm for this? It was a pretty low budget production (under 10 grand) and the music for personal use was nominal - but for broadcast is something in the order of $5-600/song x 3 =

Do people normally pay for music rights for festivals, or wait till it gets picked up for broadcast?

You need to contact the music company and ask for a quote for festival rights. Explain your budget, how often you use the music in the film, and they will let you know. Often it is around $250 per song. If the artist and recordist are two different people/organizations you have to pay them the same amount separately.