Website Music?

[russ_konrad]

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Our calendar is also very full and we have customers who have spent a GREAT deal of money on their wedding photography and only had a dial up connection to view our website.

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[stephen dohring]

Question for the lawyers and record people:

 

Why do dance/night clubs not have to pay a license fee?

 

Why do cover bands not have to pay a license fee?

 

Why does the DJ not have to pay a license fee?

 

All the above make income directly because of the music. We play a commercial song on our website that advertises a little but does not sell directly. My space is ok though not license because there is no selling I guess?

[Spearhead]

<i>Why do dance/night clubs not have to pay a license fee?</i>

<p>They are required to pay a license fee.<p><i>

Why do cover bands not have to pay a license fee?</i><p>The venue generally should pay the license fee. It is required.<p>

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Why does the DJ not have to pay a license fee? </i>

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The venue generally should pay the license fee.<p>

 

Some venues understand this and do pay license fees. The rest screw over the people who write and perform the music.<p>

 

Having worked with the music business (primarily Polygram) and watched the major players shoot themselves while screwing over the artists, I have no sympathy for what the labels don't get. However, I think it's a real shame that people are so willing to ignore the issue of ASCAP and BMI license fees and screw over the musicians and composers. They don't get a lot from it, but they do get paid.<p><i>My space is ok though not license because there is no selling I guess?</i><p>Nope, you are required to pay the license fees. You should contact the labels and either ASCAP or BMI, or the Harry Fox Agency which can do all the licensing for you. Until then, you should consider it fair game for anyone, especially musicians, to lift your images and use them where they wish.

[thomas_sullivan]

The ONLY reason I don't have music on my website is because I won't cheat the musicians out of their financial due. And I really don't want to pay it just for a "hobby" website. Like Jeff, I could care less if the record labels get paid...they have screwed over more musicians than the entire original Napster probably did.

 

Plus, I wouldn't want someone using my images for free either. So, I don't use their music for free either.

[ni_gentry]

Ditto Jeff Spirer's responses.

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If you're using music, make sure it is done legally and with respect to the artists. Unfortunately there are many photographers ignoring Copyright laws. Those people have nothing to complain about if their photos get stolen.<p>

Whether or not to use it is strictly a marketing decision, just like what one wants their website to look like, etc. There's no real right answer.

[yves_jalbert]

I'm back on this one to say I also agree with Jeff one hundred percent. And also to mention that you can search on the web for "music loops" or "royalty free music". Many web sites offer royalty free music that you can buy and use for your web site as long as you want. Before I removed the music from my web site (at the suggestion of many visitors) I had bought 3 music tracks for less than 50$ total and I was the owner of the tracks for my business use without any problem. You can even buy cd's full of tracks for something like 30 dollars according to the style of music you are looking for.

 

Having shot many music artists I can say that ninety percent of them are dirt poor. They do it because they love their art. The ones that made it big (that you see on tv) are the few that are very lucky. And even most of them are not rich. Only a few make it big. So respect copyright and the creation effort that goes in their art.

[mark saunders]

Bit late in replying but in the UK this is a Performing Rights Society (or 'PRS') license. Any venue that broadcasts music is required to get one.

[joshranwest]

I dont have music on my site. I want the end user to have a quiet experience, and I dont want to deal with music licensing, etc. However, in my client slideshows there is music. I used to have an all flash site with music, but I had clients always asking me "can you turn the music off, its distracting!"

[jim_massey]

The Performing Rights Society (UK) is currently cracking down hard on UK businesses. The PRS represent the songwriters out there; and right now, with the advent of digital downloading and massive music piracy, those songwriters are suffering. The PRS intend to do something about it.

 

Do you use music while customers wait on hold? PRS are calling thousands of UK businesses every day to find out if they have proper licenses to use 'music on hold', as it's an easy and inexspensive way to catch fee dodgers. PRS are also sending hundreds of agents out into the streets to track down others like Quik-Fit in the above story.

 

Do you want to avoid a lot of these PRS headaches? Wouldn't it be so much easier and safer if you could just have your OWN music to play in your business premises. Professional quality music? Well, now you can! We are a company who specialise in making music for exactly that purpose! You simply pay us a one-time fee - as little as ?50.00 per unit- and you have our permission to use our music forever! It's that simple.

 

Our music is used world-wide: on TV, radio, the Web and in business premises, from pubs to clubs, to shops and restaurants. There has never been a better or more important time than today when it comes to taking charge of your bussineses' music.

 

Come to www.copyfreetrax.com today and either download as many tracks as you wish, and burn them directly to CD - or download a complete CD image file and be up and running with your new copyright-free music in minutes! Sleep easier AND save money today.

 

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