Copyright Information
US Copyright Office, Harry Fox
Agency,
ASCAP, BMI & SESAC
National Media
Services supports the International Recording Media Association's
(IRMA) Anti-Piracy Compliance Program, which protects copyright
owners from unauthorized reproduction of their property. (audio,
data, software or video). You must submit a completed and signed
form with every new job submitted. Forms
available here or will be sent to you when you submit a new
project to us.
If you to license
music, you can obtain a license by contacting the copyright holders
directly or by contacting The Harry Fox Agency
HFA is the foremost mechanical licensing,
collection, and distribution agency for U.S. music publishers. Our
processes, culture, and technology are client-driven and
results-oriented. We continually strive to add value and strength
to the music rights industry.
"To promote the progress of science and useful
arts, by securing for limited times
to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective
writings and discoveries"
(U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8)
The Copyright Office provides a free electronic
mailing list, NewsNet, that issues periodic email messages on the
subject of copyright. The messages alert subscribers to hearings,
deadlines for comments, new and proposed regulations, new
publications, and other copyright-related subjects of interest.
NewsNet is not an interactive discussion group. To subscribe, send
a message to listserv@loc.gov. In the body of
the message say “subscribe uscopyright”. Or fill in the
subscription form online at www.copyright.gov/newsnet.
You will receive a standard welcoming message indicating that your
subscription to NewsNet has been accepted.
Download Copyright Office Basics from the US Copyright
office.
ASCAP is a membership association of more than
260,000 U.S. composers, song writers, lyricists, and music
publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with
affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds
of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S.
performing rights organization created and controlled by composers,
songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected
by and from the membership.
ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and
distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of
their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want
to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and
obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and
users of music.
BMI is a performing rights society that collects
royalties from radio, television, the Internet, restaurants, and
thousands of other businesses that use music. BMI does it on behalf
of songwriters, composers, and music publishers. In effect, BMI act
as your representative so that you can get on with the business of
creating new music while BMI collects your royalties. If you fill
out their application, you are expressing your desire to join BMI.
If accepted, you will be signing a legal contract, so take it
seriously.
Performing rights organizations, such as SESAC, are
businesses designed to represent song writers and publishers and
their right to be compensated for having their music performed in
public. By securing a license from SESAC, for example, music users
(i.e., television and radio stations, auditoriums, restaurants,
hotels, theme parks, malls, etc.) can legally play any song in the
SESAC repertory. Without a license from a performing rights
organization, music users are in danger of copyright
infringement.
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