thanks rob!
zack.


--- In WriteMovies@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <rbodine_2000@...> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure about the exact process, but this is basically how it
> works. Because we're talking about music, there's a "compulsory
> license" on which you may rely in order to perform the song. What
> this means is that you pay 3.5 cents per $1 profit you make to use
> the song (although the rate may have changed). Musicians can't
block
> you from using the song, but you must pay this license fee to
them.
> You'd pay it to the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress,
who
> would in turn get the funds to registered agent of the owner of
the
> copyright.
>
> Here's what I'm unsure of: whether this applies to the use of
music
> in a movie. I know this applies to using the song in concert or
> putting it on an album, but I don't know if this default license
> allows you to use the song in a movie. After all, no movie
actually
> makes a profit nowadays, so artists would get screwed if the
> compulsory license was based on the movie net.
>
> I suggest that you visit the copyright office website and make an
> attempt to arrange to pay the license fee. You should get more
> answers there.
>
> Rob (an attorney who used to work in intellectual property but is
now
> a real estate attorney)
>
> --- In WriteMovies@yahoogroups.com, "Zack" <Zack@> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a licensing pro in the house? We need to secure the
sync &
> > mechanical rights to a song for a movie and are getting the run
> around.
> > Basically one of our actors sings a song written by a famous
> artist; so
> > we need to pay for those rights, but how do we go about paying
the
> > musician who actually played the backing track?
> > any ideas?
> > zack.
> >
>