CMU School of Drama


Thursday, November 03, 2016

Music Rights in Video of Play

Entertainment Law Asked & Answered - Entertainment Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark: I create and tour original visual theater. We tour internationally and in every contract the producer or venue pays the ASCAP or other performing rights society fee for the music that is used in our performances.

However if one were to record a performance and make it available online for sale who would the international fees be paid to for the video rights to the 20+ snippets of music in the performance? And how would one go about getting the rights to use said snippets of music?

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