The master recording license is covered in this installment of “Deconstructing Licenses”. A master recording license is required to legally reproduce a song from an existing audio recording track owned by someone else, rather than your own recorded performance of the song.
The mechanical license is covered in this installment of “Deconstructing Licenses”. There are many different types of copyright licenses, but the most common is the mechanical license, which grants the rights to mechanically reproduce a copyrighted song on an audio recording like a CD.
Two types of copyrights routinely cause frustration and confusion for many church leaders striving to honor copyright compliance. U.S. Copyright Law allows for eight specific types of works of authorship that can be copyrighted , and two of these are frequently misunderstood. They are music (or songs) – including any accompanying words, and sound recordings – aural reproduction of some material (music, speech or sound), which may or may not itself be copyrighted.
One of the most popular concepts considered by worship teams is to rework popular songs with Christian lyrics. Rewriting the lyrics of a song is creating a new “derivative work” based on the original song. Creating a derivative work is one of the exclusive rights of a copyright owner, and creating a derivative work requires [...]
Great question about a subject that is gaining a lot of interest among churches and ministries. Performance licensing is an important copyright concept. Fortunately, it is also one of the simplest to understand and easiest to acquire. @CopyrightSolver Can you help? Want to play music at a fund-raiser for nonprofit org and create a ppt pres w/music, [...]
We frequently get questions about the nature of derivative works. This particular question was addressed on KnowTheMusicBiz.com: “I just arranged a song which I thought was a pretty good cover of a popular song. When I applied for a mechanical license, the publisher said it was a derivative. I’ve had several people, including a musicologist, listen to [...]
Many churches have considered using free video hosting services such as YouTube and Vimeo to stream their services. The churches who have investigated the copyright implications have discovered major problems with this course of action. YouTube and Vimeo are not options for putting worship services with music online legally. In order to webcast performances of [...]
There are some churches and ministries who are wecasting original recordings of popular Christian music in a radio-like fashion. Most of these churches are unaware that they need proper licensing to do so. If the music is played in a non-interactive fashion, a license must be paid to SoundExchange. (By non-interactive, we mean that the listener can not [...]
Here is an archived version of our webinar from March 18th, “Top 5 Myths of Performance Rights”. You can also download a PDF of the presentation here. Click here to review our calendar of upcoming webinars.
Top 5 Myths of Performance Rights Churches are using plenty of music outside of on-site religious services. Whether this music is played at a picnic, used in on-hold music or streamed online, you need a performance license to do so legally. Download this presentation for an exploration of the common misunderstandings about performance licenses and [...]
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