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Paunch

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Hi, my film is going direct to dvd and will be shown in film festivals, I have the licenses to cover this stuff. As you know there are no performance rights royalties for dvd sales of a film, nor for festivals or theatres in the USA. Now since I won't be showing it on tv, nor in overseas theatres where performance rights royalties are sometimes given, am I correct to believe that i don't need to supply a cue sheet to a publisher based on the clause below?

"For Productions which traditionally earn performance rights; Producer warrants that it has the right to enter into and fully perform the terms of this license. It shall be a material term of this agreement that Producer must provide a cue sheet of the Production with payment of the license fee, if applicable."
 
Hi Paunch,

I'm puzzled by your assumptions/assertions so I won't try to address your cue sheet clause (but hopefully you've carefully defined the "Producer", whose rights in the first sentence seem to conflict with the obligations in the second sentence).

At any rate, I suggest you consider engaging someone like Gordon Firemark to review the greater business/legal issues.

Good luck, Michael
 
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Paunch,

I'm a music supervisor as well as a licensor of music for film & TV and can answer this question for you.

Whenever ANY music is used in ANY film, regardless of where you assume it will or will not be released, shown or aired, a cue sheet is created and filed with every performance rights organization (PRO -- ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SOCAN, PRS, etc.) that has a writer or publisher represented in the film's soundtrack (soundtrack of the film, not a soundtrack recording/CD).

Even if a film is created specifically for DVD, future uses can often include licensing to cable TV, network TV, foreign TV and/or theatrical markets, depending on what kinds of deals the producer is able to secure -- whether before or after the release to DVD. As such, every licensor (master and/or sync rights holder) requires (or should require) that the licensee (you/filmmaker) provide a cue sheet, AND you need to file that cue sheet with the respective PROs (preferably within 90 days from the release date, but as soon as you can thereafter if you've not yet filed them).

If you have questions about music licensing terminology, PROs, cue sheets, etc., here are a couple of sources for info:

http://musicsupervisor.com/s/glossary.php
http://musicsupervisor.com/s/links.php

You can also license music for your projects there.

Cheers! :2vrolijk_08:
Gael MacGregor
Music Supervisor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532320
 
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