ASCAP
(American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) www.ascap.com
"... the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ...
ASCAP's function is to protect the rights of its members by licensing and
paying royalties for the public performances of their copyrighted
works."...
BMI (Broadcast
Music, Inc.) www.bmi.com
"BMI is: a music performing rights organization... represents
songwriters (even when they happen also to be performers), as well as
film, television, musical theatre and classical music composers and, of
course, music publishers;... collects money from the businesses that use
music in the course of their day and then pays out that money as royalties
to the composers and publishers of the songs and compositions they
play..."
The Harry Fox
Agency, Inc. (HFA) www.nmpa.org/hfa.html
"...The Agency now represents more than 22,000 American music
publishers and licenses a large percentage of the uses of music in the
United States on records, tapes, CDs and imported phonorecords. It also
licenses music on a worldwide basis on behalf of its publisher principals
for use in films, commercials, television programs, and all other types of
audio-visual media..."
National Music
Publishers' Association (NMPA) www.nmpa.org
"Currently
representing more than 600 American music publishers, NMPA has worked to
interpret copyright law, educate the public about licensing, and safeguard
the interests of its members...."
SESAC www.sesac.com
"...
founded in 1930, is the second oldest and most innovative performing
rights organization in the U.S. As the industry's technological leader,
SESAC utilizes the state-of-the-art BDS and MusiCode systems for
performance detection. For music users, SESAC offers flexible and
cost-effective licenses, allowing full access to SESAC's vast
repertory..."
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