Beznau Music Shop! - Music Licensing

Request a License to Use Music (see below for FAQ).

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What types of licenses are there?

1) Mechanical License:

A mechanical license is required if you wish to reproduce and distribute copyrighted musical compositions on phonorecords (i.e. Record and sell CDs, records, tapes, and certain digital configurations).

The industry standard license fee for a mechanical license is 9.1 cents or 1.75 cents per minute of playing time or fraction thereof, whichever is larger, for physical phonorecord deliveries and permanent digital. If you wish to recreate a composition as a ringtone, it will cost 24 cents per ringtone sold.

2) Synchronization License:

A Synchronization License is required if you wish to synchronize a song or a piece of music with your visual image (film, movie, video game, commercial, etc.).

License fees are determined based on various factors, including how the music will be used, the duration and number of times the music will be used and where the film will be performed.

Note: If you wish to sync recorded music with a visual image and you do not own the rights to the master recording, you will also need to obtain master use rights (permission from the owner of the master recording).

Master use rights are required for previously recorded material that you do not own or control. Master use rights can only be obtained from the owner of the master recording, usually a record company. In order to expedite processing, we recommend that you obtain the master use license from the owner prior to requesting a mechanical license from Beznau Publishing.

You can find more information about sync licenses here: http://www.ascap.com/filmtv/faq.html

3) Dramatic or Grand License:

A Dramatic or Grand License is required if you wish to include a song or musical composition as part of a dramatic performance.

Dramatic performances, among others, include:

(i) performance of an entire "dramatico-musical work." For example, a performance of the musical play Oklahoma would be a dramatic performance.

(ii) performance of one or more musical compositions from a "dramatico-musical work" accompanied by dialogue, pantomime, dance, stage action, or visual representation of the work from which the music is taken. For example a performance of "People Will Say We're In Love" from Oklahoma with costumes, sets or props or dialogue from the show would be dramatic.

(iii) performance of one or more musical compositions as part of a story or plot, whether accompanied or unaccompanied by dialogue, pantomime, dance, stage action or visual representation. For example, incorporating a performance of "If I Loved You" into a story or plot would be a dramatic performance of the song.

(iv) performance of a concert version of a "dramatico-musical work." For example, a performance of all the songs in Oklahoma even without costumes or sets would be a dramatic performances.

The term "dramatico-musical work" includes, but is not limited to, a musical comedy, opera, play with music, revue or ballet.

http://www.ascap.com/licensing/termsdefined.html