10 Facts about Music Licensing

10 Facts about

Music Licensing

Licensing Can Be a Nightmare

Getting all of the music

licenses you need for a project

can be a nightmare…

♫ However, the music licensing

process is necessary in order

to avoid copyright

infringement.

♫ Since the average person can

become easily confused

navigating the world of music

licensing, check out these

MUST KNOW facts:

You Need Two Licenses to

Get Started

♫ To get started, you need to

have two different licenses

to technically have the rights

to the music.

♫ The licenses are for

composition and recording.

♫ Composition licenses allow

you to use the actual lyrics

of the song and the

recording license will allow

you to use the recorded

music from a specific artist.

Then You Need More Licenses

After you receive the two initial

licenses… Other licenses you will

need are:

♫ Public Performance

Rights License

♫ Master Use License

♫ Synchronization

License

♫ Transcription License

A License is Required Every

Time You Use a Song

Some reasons why people need

music licenses are:

♫ To use music for corporate

videos

♫ To use music for non-profit

videos

♫ To use music for wedding

videos

♫ To use music for restaurants

You need a license every time you use a song

Each License Comes with A

Different Fee

Depending on what license you need,

there will be different fees for the music

you use.

♫ For example, if you

want to use music on

a radio program, you

will need a recording

and composition

license in addition to a

transcription license.

♫ This is because you

are not going to use a

visual, so you don’t

have to pay for a

synchronization

license which is for

music and a visual.

You Need Help Buying a

License

♫ When buying a license,

you need a bit of help.

♫ It is NOT very easy to

purchase music from a

major record label or

publishing company.

♫ You need to purchase

the licenses from a

music licensing

company, like Ricall.

You Should Always Attain a

License NEVER try to use music without a

license unless you are absolutely

sure that it is public domain. ♫ It’s easy to be charged

with copyright

infringement if you don’t

have all the necessary

licenses you need to use

copyrighted music.

♫ Always ensure that you

have the proper

documentation every

time you need to use a

song for a project.

Start Researching Your License

Needs Today

♫ Check out Ricall’s

extensive library of

music licenses and

research.

♫ Choose from pre-priced

and cleared songs

OR

♫ Look for music and get

a quote on licensing

prices.

About Us

General Enquiries:

info@ricall.com

Music Research:

research@ricall.com

Sales:

sales@ricall.com

Technical Support:

techsupport@ricall.com

Ricall Limited

11 Denmark Street,

London, WC2H 8LS

United Kingdom

Phone:

+44 (0) 207 592 1710

Founded in 1998, Ricall Music Licensing is

the largest online music licensing and

research company for both professional and

express licensing services.

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Presentation Summary

Do you need to get the license of a song to use commercially or

privately? Check out what you may not know about licensing and how to

acquire the necessary licenses.