I have a song on my movie on the end credits and talked to the writer of the song and have her permission to use it. My problem is I'm trying to get the legal rights and am having trouble trying to find who to contact. Their album is released through Reprise Records which I'm not certain is defunct or not. Their website is not loading for me. Warner Music owns reprise and I tried writing to Warner with no response through a form on their website. Does anyone know who I can contact on this? Thanks for any help!
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craigbowman
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Not sure if it helps but I'm licensing the use of Michigan J. Frog on one of my projects and when dealing with Warner Bros. Studios it was Building 11. The file with all the particulars is not on any of the computers which are handy at the moment or I'd give you the exact address but I'm sure if you google it you'll get the info as that's how I originally found where to go.
Steve House
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Who you need to contact for licensing depends on just what you want to use. There is the copyright on the song itself and then there is the copyright on a specific recording of the song. If you want to license the words and melody but make your own recording of it you need to contact the song's publisher for a synch license - you can usually find that out by searching on the Harry Fox or ASCAP websites. If you want to license a specific pre-existing recording of the song, such as a cut off of an album, you need both the synch license from the publisher and a master-use license from the copyright owner of the recording, typically the label that released it. Searching the Harry Fox Agency site caa get you started.
You're often going to have your best chance of success by hiring a rights licensing agent and have them obtain the licenses, doing the legwork for you- it can be well worth their fee since they deal with these people every day and often can just pick up the phone and call the right person.
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