[Asterisk-biz] Music on hold licensing

Paul digium-list at 9ux.com
Wed Oct 12 07:15:50 MST 2005


sales department wrote:

>on 10/12/05 9:08 AM, Mark Phillips at g7ltt at g7ltt.com wrote:
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>>Take a look in the window at your local hairdressers salon. They may
>>have a sticker in their window stating that they are paying a licence
>>fee. On the sticker are all the contact details.
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>>Alternatively buy some "royalty free" work from one of the many places
>>on the net.
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>What we have done is to work with local musicians and put their music on our
>hold system.  Today those musicians can even create their own lil tag line
>and insert it at the end of each mp3.  The tag line usually says something
>like who they are and where they can hear more or buy the music.
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>For us its a way to support local artists.
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>Anyways, just my $.02
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Low-cost music on hold with a simple no-nonsense license would be a way 
for schools to raise money. I wouldn't mind paying one time per 
mp3/system fees that help school music departments get things that were 
cut from the taxpayer-funded budget .




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