[Asterisk-biz] Music on hold licensing

[Nathan C. Smith]

They would have to write the music themselves then or find music in the
public domain.  The singers and songwriters own the copyright or transfer it
to another organization to be managed.  

Most music says it cannot be performed publicly (or recorded for performance
or broadcast) without consent - which means they want to find out whether
they want a cut of the proceeds if there are any, or charge a fee for it's
use.

A lot of music requires only a small fee making it possible for schools to
perform it.

Some music is out of copyright because the original copyright owner is long
dead.  Mozart, Bach, etc.  Music publishers can still get around this.  So
unless you have an original you may not be able to perform it for free.

Truly a convoluted mess, especially when you are trying to do the right
thing.

-Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul [mailto:digium-list at 9ux.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:16 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Music on hold licensing


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.
>>
>>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.
>
>For us its a way to support local artists.
>
>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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