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A Guide to Copyrighted Material for Education & Fair Use

If you are looking to incorporate copyrighted works into your curriculum regularly, it may be beneficial to seek a copyright license for educational material ...

What Is a DJ License and Why Do You Need One?

After all, using an artist's copyrighted music without having the correct license is illegal. You could be looking at hundreds of thousands of ...

SDSL School Library Guide to Music in the Library

Licensed Music: If your school has purchased licenses or subscriptions to music services that include performance rights, you can use those platforms to play ...

Copyright and Fair Use : Showing Films, Videos, and TV Programs

In other cases, especially when the film, video, or TV program is being shown as part of an event, you need permission--often in the form of a ...

Is It Legal to Play Music in Public Places? | LegalMatch

A public performance license must be obtained from the copyright owners or a performance rights organization (PRO) to perform copyrighted music ...

Music Licensing - SOCAN

Without a SOCAN music license, you'd have to get permission and negotiate a license with every rightsholder whose music you intend to play. SOCAN makes this ...

Copyright 101 - Dramatists Guild

And neither can the professor “copy” the play without a license, even if it is just for classroom use. This is all laid out in the Copyright Office Circular 21.

Use of music | Washington Department of Revenue

U.S. Copyright Law grants songwriters, composers and music publishers a “right of public performance” that gives them the exclusive right to perform their ...

Top 10 Things to Know About Copyright for Music Educators

For music educators, this means you need to understand that the music you use in your classroom is protected by these laws, and you must seek ...

Copyright Licences - CCLI

Protect your church. The Church Copyright Licence permits churches to project or print out the words and music to the world's great worship songs and hymns.

Music Copyright Guide for Churches

You don't need an APRA or PPCA licence to play a CD or other type of commercial sound recording in a service of worship. Playing Music at a Church Event.

Taylor's Version of copyright - Harvard Law School

In music, he explained, there are always two copyrights. ... “From a licensing ... you could trash a hotel room and the label would clean up the ...

The Practical Guide to Legally Play Music in your Business - Soundsuit

As soon as you play copyrighted/licensed music in your location, you need to pay the related fee to be allowed to do so, and then fairly compensate the artists ...

Understanding music licensing in 2024 - Last Minute Musicians

You will still require a music license from PRS PPL, which also covers the performance of live music. For more information on event licensing, visit the Gov.UK ...

Copyright notice performance of live music - GOV.UK

If you are organising an event and are unsure whether you will require a public performance licence to cover the use of music you should contact PRS for advice.

Music Licensing for Bars and Restaurants: What You Need to Know

Why is a music license necessary? Unless you fall under the exemption discussed earlier in this article, you cannot publicly play music that is licensed by ...

9 Common Church Copyright Myths - Gcfa.org

Truth: The religious service exemption states that churches do not need a performance license to play or perform Christian and secular music ...

Live Streaming Your Show: A 3 Step Copyright Guide

Sheet Music: If you own sheet music of the arrangements you plan to sing in your live stream event, copyright holder information is typically ...

Public Performance Rights - Copyright

In most other cases, public performance rights (PPR) are needed to give you the right to legally screen videos or play music in a public setting ...

Avoiding copyright infringement - Boston.gov

Any business that plays music for the public must pay for a license from the Performance Rights Organizations to play copyrighted music legally.