music license question
I wasn't sure which category to post this in and I should know this answer to this question but I don't, so here I am.
If I was to cut promo pieces for clients for the purpose of them posting it on their web sites, who should be responsible for acquiring the music license/rights etc.? I'm not talking about anything major... just music from the typical sites such as Triple Scoop, Tune Society, Magnatune, etc. |
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1. The owner of the material rights is responsible for the audio-video broadcasted on their medium.
2. Your production. If something is a miss it's your productions fault. But because you are not the owner of the material rights I don't think anybody can touch you accept the company's law suite (the company that you sold the AV work) - somebody correct me if I'm wrong here... You acquire/buy the rights for the score and then sell/transfer the material rights of the AV work (which also contains the score rights) to the buyer. I think this is the most common case of how things work. The license is in your hands in this case I think. That's how in my understanding this works. Your client could also buy the rights but that is usually not the standard practise because they're paying you to do the work:) |
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@Bill: What Steve said.
This is the right place. In fact, this topic is frequently discussed (in a very lively fashion at times) but the answer comes out the same: If you are hired to produce the work, you should acquire the rights... for various reasons. |
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Thanks to all who responded. It's greatly appreciated!
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