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HOW TO LICENSE YOUR MUSIC INTO MOVIES AND TELEVISION

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Contents 

04Forward

06Creative

06What Kinds Of Music Get Licensed?

08How Do You Find Out Who Is Looking For Tracks?

09How Should Submissions Be Sent?

10The CD, MP3’s and Internet Delivery, The Mailer, Cover Letter And Contact Information

13Who Makes The Decisions?

15Promotion

15Who Should I Send My Music To?

16Tips On Getting Noticed

17What You Can Do To Ensure No One Wants To License Your Music?

18Songwriting For Films

20Music Libraries

21Brokers, Publishing Brokers

22Using The Internet

24Business

24Does A Film Own Your Music If You Let Them Use It?

25What Rights And Terms Do You Need To Know About?

Master Use Right, Synchronization Right

26Do You Own The Master and Song?

28Performing Rights

29Deal Memos

30Long Form Agreement

31Deal Points

31General

32Term

33Perpetuity

33Territory

34Media

35Festival Rights

36Trailers

37Videogram Buy Out

39New Technologies

39Most Favored Nations

40Credit

40Money

43Limitations

43Soundtracks

44Music Cue Sheets

46What’s A Typical Negotiation Like

46Negotiation Example #1

49Negotiation Example #2

52Final Comments

BUSINESS

Does A Film Own Your Music If You Let Them Use It?

The answer to this question is unequivocally “no”.  These are “licenses”, which should be thought of as “renting” the use on a “non-exclusive” basis.  You can license the same song to another show if you like, and do anything else with the song that you would do had it not been licensed.  The show is simply “borrowing” the track/song and affixing it to the Film.  Likewise, the Film can only use the track/song while it is, in fact, affixed to the Film or in a trailer for the same Film unless you have specifically agreed to such a use.

This should not be confused with... ETC ETC (you’ll need to read the eBook for more...)

What Rights And Terms Do You Need To Know About?

Master Use Right

The Master Use Right is the right to the “master recording” in the film.  Typically this takes the form of a unique performance of a musical composition which has been recorded onto a Master Tape, historically something in Stereo, like audio tape of some sort, but in recent years it has typically be affixed to a DAT or CD, and quickly being usurped by a file on a hard drive!.  You can record a new version of “White Christmas” and license your new recording of it.  This will be called the Master Use Right.  However, the filmmaker will still have to deal with the publisher of the song for the Synchronization Right.

Synchronization Right

The Synchronization Right is the right to use the “composition” in the film.  This right pertains strictly to the Music Publisher and songwriter of... ETC ETC (you’ll need to read the eBook for more...)