To obtain a license to play music in public, you need to contact the appropriate performing rights organization, such as ASCAP or BMI, and apply for a license. The organization will assess your needs and provide you with a license agreement that outlines the terms and fees for playing music in public. Once you have the license, you can legally play music in public venues.
No, you cannot legally use copyrighted music for personal use without obtaining permission from the copyright holder or purchasing a license to use the music.
For sheet music, copying, altering, distributing, or performing the music in public without a license would be infringing. For recordings, copying (including downloading), altering, distributing (including uploading), or performing the recording in public without a license would be infringing.
You may need a public music license in the UK. Possibly a health and safety and public liability license also. But you should be ok if it is just yourself.
No, Bearshare is much like Limewire. The program itself is not illegal. It is what people do with it that is. If you are downloading copyrighted / licensed music, but are not legally obtaining the license to use it yourself, it is illegal. The same goes for uploading. If you are uploading music or video that you do not own rights to, it is also illegal.
Without a license, you would be limited to public domain recordings of public domain music, or Creative Commons-licensed recordings of Creative Commons or public domain music. However, performance licenses are based partially on square footage, so fees should be fairly reasonable.
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With a license, yes. Without a license, no.
Most public performance requires a license; the fee depends on the size of the space and more. However, if you're not being paid to play it and you're not charging any money for anyone to listen to it, and it is "non-dramatic music", then it may be an "exempt public performance" under 17 USC § 110(4).
Yes if the song's copywrited. Not only that but if you're making a remix you need a license AND permission from the original singer.
Yes; that's what the "share alike" part of the license means.
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