mechanical license
mechanical rights

A mechanical license also does not permit the use of the music with still or moving images.

A mechanical license is not required for artists who record and distribute completely original work.

Nevertheless, "mechanical license" is the customary industry term for such permission.

A mechanical license is needed if one wants to manufacture and distribute recordings that he or she did not write.

Copyright law also allows for a "compulsory mechanical license".

Limelight is an online rights clearance service to secure a mechanical license, or the right to record a cover version of a song.

It is not known whether any record companies are currently or actively monitoring and prosecuting violators of their mechanical license.

Under the law, anybody can obtain compulsory mechanical license without express permission from the copyright holder.

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Applications for mechanical licenses should be addressed to our Independent Licensing Department.

A mechanical license can only be used after the original copyright holder has exercised their exclusive right of first publishing, or permission is negotiated.

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It was recently established for the purpose of filing a single tariff for the so-called broadcast mechanical licenses.

A mechanical license does NOT give a third party the rights to sample from any phonorecord of the original recording.

He is free to hire musicians to reproduce the Police's sound, but he cannot copy from any phonorecord with only a mechanical license.

A Mechanical License is issued when a recording artist wishes to sell their recording of a written composition.

CMRRA's mechanical licenses are printed on a 3-part form.

"work ..." thus preventing mechanical licenses being used to make substantially derivative works of a piece of music.

In the United States of America, most mechanical licenses are obtained through the Harry Fox Agency.

Through their LimeLight service, RightsFlow helps secure the mechanical license for individuals, artists and bands.

The term "mechanical" and mechanical license has its origins in the "piano rolls" on which music was recorded in the early part of the 20th Century.

How Do I Apply For A Mechanical License?

The U.S. Congress introduced the mechanical license to head off an attempt by the Aeolian Company to monopolize the piano roll market.

He contacts the copyright holder of the underlying musical work and gets a mechanical license to use all or part of The Police's song in his composition.

Rates for mechanical licenses are set by negotiation between the record industry and the music publishers and a single, standard rate applies to most reproductions, as discussed below.