[asterisk-users] Royalty for On Hold Music ?

[Steve Kennedy]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 03:05:32PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:37:00PM -0500, voiplist wrote:
> > I have done this in the past and I don't recall ever finding any
> > "popular" music by "popular" artist.
> > For example, if I wanted to play oh I don't know an original song
> > performed by the original artist such as Nora Jones or The Beatles
> > will I find this sort of thing at a Royalty Free Site?
> Certainly not.
> :-)
> Even if you can find non-original-artist recordings of such music, the
> *compositions* are registered with BMI and ASCAP, and you'll need
> blanket licenses to play them.  (Well, if you only wanted one or two
> tracks, you might negotiate specific licenses, but I'm not sure it
> would be cheaper.)

In the UK MCPS-PRS have standard rates for "music-on-hold", it all
depends on the number of lines. Their website has details.


Steve

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