Re: Sound Recording License

At 10:50 AM 11/3/2003 -0500, Mike Phillips wrote:
>I am having great difficulty locating a model agreement for sound
>recording licensing. My client is a "record" company that wants to license
>songs from independent musical acts. The mechanicals for the underlying
>songs will be paid through Harry Fox. Any input from the collective as to
>where to procure such a document would be greatly appreciated.

There are number of different kinds of master licenses depending upon what kind of rights are needed. And depending on what rights are needed, more than just a mechanical license may be needed for the use of the underlying songs.

You should read "The Use of Music on a Multimedia Web Site" http://www.ivanhoffman.com/music.html and "The Need for Vision" http://www.ivanhoffman.com/vision.html on my site.

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IVAN HOFFMAN, B.A., J.D.
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