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Music Rights question
Posted by Anonymous . updated on 2/26/2009
Hello...
I'm a 25 year old College student who is a lover of all sorts of music. For years, I have made mixes of my favorite music and given them away to friends to show them my favorite artists and good songs I wish more people knew about. I've had nothing but good feedback over the years, and everyone tells me I should sell my CD's because they are so good.
Now, I know that I can't do this. What WOULD I have to do to sell mixes of mine with signed/famous artists as a way of making money?
There are all those compilation CD's out there like "NOW that's what I call music", and "MTV's Handpicked" mixes. So it must be possible. But how does a kid like me get permission to use real artists to make mixes and try and start my business?
If anyone has some kind of hope for me...because this is what I would love to do for a living...please let me know because I've been searching for an answer for this for many years.
Answers (1)
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JimIvey
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I think your question is not the first of its kind. Try searching the archives in the copyright forum for "music license" or something similar. You may get an answer here, but I'd re-post on the copyright forum if you don't hear anything here. It's not that your question doesn't pertain to licensing; it does. It's just that the copyright forum has been around longer, and I suggested this forum more for the mechanics and logistics of licensing agreements. So, the copyright forum is more active and music rights are discussed more frequently there. I used to participate there, but I've been busy lately and there are good attorneys active there now. The short answer is that you're going to have to get permission from somebody controlling the copyright of the songs you want to use. On rare occasions, permission is given retroactively. The group that added music to Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" -- I believe it was DNA -- got permission after the fact since Suzanne liked the mix. I'm guessing Steve Masters used to get permission through the radio station(s) he worked/s for. I don't know how DJs get permission for live performances. I think a situation close to yours is probably DJ Dangermouse's Grey Album -- mixing the Beatles' White Album and Jay Z's Black Album. You can read about it here: http://www.illegal-art.org/audio/grey.htmlFor what it's worth, I think it gets easier to get permission if your work gets well-known and is generally well-thought-of. Regards.
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