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Network Sound & Video supports and is in full compliance with IRMA (International
Recording Media Association).
We have adopted anti-piracy measures in a continuing effort to
assist the authors and creators of software and music recordings
worldwide. Please follow all procedures to avoid unnecessary
delays in processing your order. We must have a copy of your
licensing agreements for all 3rd party software or music being
duplicated or replicated. |
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| Do I need a
mechanical license? |
| If you or
your band wrote and are performing all the songs and your master
contains no 3rd party elements, you do not need a mechanical license.
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Are you
performing a cover? If you are
manufacturing and distributing copies of a song which you did not write,
and you have not already reached an agreement with the song's publisher,
you need to obtain a mechanical license. This is required under U.S.
Copyright Law, regardless of whether or not you are selling the copies
that you made.
If you would like to obtain mechanical licenses for
2,500 or fewer copies of a recording as a CD, cassette, LP, or digital
download,
Click here:
http://www.harryfox.com/public/songfile.jsp |
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| STATUTORY ROYALTY
RATES |
As of January 1, 2006 the statutory
mechanical rate is as follows:
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9.10 Cents for songs 5 minutes or
less |
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or |
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1.75 Cents per minute or fraction
thereof over 5 minutes.
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For example:
5:01 to 6:00 = $.105 (6 x $.0175 = $.105)
6:01 to 7:00 = $.1225 (7 x $.0175 = $.1225)
7:01 to 8:00 = $.14 (8 x $.0175 = $.14)
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Click here for the
current statutory mechanical rate
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| What if my song is
in public domain? |
| You do not
need a mechanical license if you are recording and distributing a song
you wrote yourself, or if the song is in the public domain. If you are
not sure if the song you are looking to license is in the public domain,
and therefore does not require license authority, we suggest you use the
search on www.pdinfo.com. |
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