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You will need identify the rights holder and compose an email/fax/snail mail that should include at least these elements...
1) Identify yourself
2) Identify the work you want to use
3) Describe the use you are going to make of the work and ask permission
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoYou will need identify the rights holder and compose an email/fax/snail mail that should include at least these elements...
1) Identify yourself
2) Identify the work you want to use
3) Describe the use you are going to make of the work and ask permission to use it
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∙ 13y agoFor your own performance of a protected song, the organization to ask depends on the use.
To perform: the performing rights agency, ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC (in the US)
To record: usually the Harry Fox Agency, although some publishers license directly
To use in a visual presentation: go directly to the publisher
To find the publisher, either look on the bottom of the first page of music, or search the databases at ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and HFA.
For someone else's performance of a protected song, you will need "master rights" in addition to the above rights. Master rights are generally handled by the record label directly, although there are a few agencies who will do the paperwork for you.
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∙ 14y agoThere are three things you need to do. First you have to determine if the music is still under copyright protection. Second, if protected, you have to find out who the current copyright holder is. Third, you will need to contact the rights holder and request permission.
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∙ 14y agoThere are three things you need to do. First you have to determine is the song is still under copyright protection. Second, if protected, you have to find out who the current copyright holder is. Third, you will need to contact the rights holder and request permission.
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∙ 13y agoIt depends on your proposed use.
To perform the work, you (or the venue) should get a license from a performing rights organization, such as ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC.
To adapt or arrange the work, you would need permission from the print rights administrator, often Hal Leonard or Alfred.
To record the work, you may get a license from the Harry Fox Agency, which handles mechanical licensing for more than 35,000 publishers.
To use the work in a video project, you would need a synchronization license from the publisher of the underlying work, as well as a master use license from the record label.
Some of these licenses can be handled quickly through web forms; others may take months of negotiation.
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∙ 12y agoYou (or the venue you're performing in) need a license from the performing rights organization that handles the song. In the US, this is usually ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC.
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How do you use a copyrighted song?
You have to get permission from the copyright owner.
Can you take lyrics from a song and put it on a shirt then sell the shirt?
Song lyrics are copyrighted. Unless one gets legal permission, license agreement, then it is copyright infringement. You cannot sell those tees until you get permission from the copyright owner.
How do you sell my mixed CD legally?
You would have to get permission from the copyright holder of each song that is on the CD!
How do you get permission to use a song on a book mark?
Contact the copyright holder or print rights administrator.
Is it illegal to download copyrighted music only if the song's copyright holder has granted permission for users to download and play the song?
yes
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No. You must fo through the process of applying for a copyright through the US Copyright Office
How do you publish a movie with a song on Windows Movie Maker 2011 without getting Copyright?
If you are using a Copyright Video and/or Audio, you need expressed written permission from the artist(s) before you can publish it. If you do not get this permission, and still publish it, you risk being sued for Copyright Infringement.
Where does one obtain copyright permission for music only not lyrics of the song Gotta Be Somebody by Nickelback?
Warner-Tamerlane.
Can you copyright another song as your own if you rearrange it?
If the underlying work is protected by copyright, you would need permission from the copyright holder to arrange it (the law calls this a "derivative work," and publishers call the permission "print rights"). The resulting agreement would stipulate who gets the rights in the resulting work, and it's almost always the copyright holder of the underlying tune. If the underlying work is in the public domain, such as a folk song, then yes, you would control copyright of the arrangement. However the original song would still be in the public domain.
What would happen if you used a copyright song?
It depends upon whether you have permission, or need permission for your use. Some limited uses are perfectly legal, but you have the burden of proving that your use qualifies for the statutory exemption (e.g., singing it for free in public). If you used a song without permission from the rightsholders, you would be guilty of copyright infringement. Statutory fines in the US range from $750 to $30,000. If the copyright was registered in the US Copyright Office prior to the infringement, the statutory damages could run as high as $150,000 for each song. It is also a federal crime to use a willful copyright infringement for commercial advantage or private financial gain.
How do you get permission to record a rolling stone song?
It doesn't matter which artist it is either The Rolling Stones or The Beatles you have to pay copyright law in order to cover any song
Am I allowed to quote song lyrics in my novel?
You may quote a snippet of the lyrics in the novel. But you may not write the whole song in the book without permission from the copyright holder.
