[HANASHIR:16091] Re: another question

[Monica Cellio <cellio...>]

> We are having a concert tonight.  It will be video taped and probably
> also put on a CD which we want to sell. Do we have to get permission
> from each person for each song in the concert to do so?
> If so, how do we go about doing it?

Yes, you need permission from authors/arrangers, and you generally
need to pay royalties.

*Technically* (I have been told), if a song has been previously
recorded for unrestricted distribution (e.g. you learned it off
of someone's album), granting a "mechanical license" (permission)
is automatic.  However, you still have to do the paperwork and
pay the royalties.  Current statuatory royalty in the US is
8 cents per song per copy for songs under 5 minutes.  (Can you
tell I've done this recently? :-) )

Many authors can be found through the Harry Fox Agency, which
even has a handy online form for processing smaller-run recordings
(under 2500 copies).  For the rest, you need to hunt them down;
try their publishers if you have such information, or these
days you can probably be fairly successful with Google.

Kol tuv,
Monica



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