This is part of the reason why Pandora wants to reduce the royalties it pays. Those stations DO have to pay digital performance royalties to SoundExchange for those non-interactive streams.
There are lots of other sound recording royalties besides the digital royalties collected by SoundExchange that are collected on behalf of featured recording artists, non-featured artists ie. They include:. And be sure to register yourself with SoundExchange to collect digital performance royalties! An artist can choose which organization represents their work.
Both licenses are paid separately and in order to have a varied music stream you will need both licenses. Instead of paying a series of individual licenses separately, you can choose instead to have SoundMachine do all the work for you.
You can just import your own playlists from Spotify to SoundMachine and you are safe to play all the music you want in your business legally. You can try SoundMachine for a free month by just clicking here. Why do I need a BMI license? BMI only licenses performing rights, and only non-dramatic performing rights at that. Songwriters and publishers also receive payments from mechanical licenses.
A mechanical license is written permission from the publisher to manufacture and distribute a record, CD or audio tape for a specific copyrighted composition. The amount of the royalty paid to a songwriter from a mechanical license is determined by how many recordings are sold.
BMI does not license such things as the making of phonograph records or the printing of sheet music. Synchronization licenses are another potential source of income for songwriters and publishers.
BMI does not offer synchronization licenses. The producer of the audiovisual production usually requests a synchronization license from the song publisher.
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