None of that is going what he is saying though. Hes not saying buying the music gives him the right to play it. Hes saying buying the license gives him the right, and buying the music gives him the ability.
Rant...Inappropriate Music at the UFC Gym
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Steve
Mostly Harmless
It’s national, or at least was when I negotiated purchasing these licenses for four training production studios.
Steve
Mostly Harmless
From the ASCAP site:
• ASCAP is a membership organization of more than 670,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. Our members include both the hottest artists of today and the writers of your all-time favorite songs.
• Our license agreement makes complying with the law easy. U.S. copyright law requires you to obtain permission from music copyright owners to play their music in your facility. Instead of reaching out to hundreds of thousands of music creators yourself, a single ASCAP license agreement gives you permission to play music from any ASCAP member. We do the legwork so you don't have to (except in the gym).
• With an annual ASCAP music license, you have unlimited access to ASCAP's expansive catalogue of millions of songs which you can play as often as you want in a wide variety of ways. Whether it's off your computer, tablet, CD, online streaming service or even music provided by a DJ at club functions or classes - the music is licensed and you've complied with the law.
BMI works the same way. They offer a blanket license. You pay a fixed, negotiated fee, and can play any song from any artist in their library as many times as you like.
• ASCAP is a membership organization of more than 670,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. Our members include both the hottest artists of today and the writers of your all-time favorite songs.
• Our license agreement makes complying with the law easy. U.S. copyright law requires you to obtain permission from music copyright owners to play their music in your facility. Instead of reaching out to hundreds of thousands of music creators yourself, a single ASCAP license agreement gives you permission to play music from any ASCAP member. We do the legwork so you don't have to (except in the gym).
• With an annual ASCAP music license, you have unlimited access to ASCAP's expansive catalogue of millions of songs which you can play as often as you want in a wide variety of ways. Whether it's off your computer, tablet, CD, online streaming service or even music provided by a DJ at club functions or classes - the music is licensed and you've complied with the law.
BMI works the same way. They offer a blanket license. You pay a fixed, negotiated fee, and can play any song from any artist in their library as many times as you like.
That's pretty much what I said too.
The business/organisation/premises/event obtains a public performance licence which covers the public reproduction of music from any source.
They don't need to provide playlists to the ppl provider.
These licences are available to cover public playing of radio transmissions, and/or playing music from any media or format (MP3, cd, cassette tape, vinyl, 8 track, wax drum, whatever).
A premises that has a licence is covered for anyone who plays music on those premises with their permission (which is usually implicitly granted).
So, while paying to download a track (or buying a record) doesn't grant licence for public performance, obtaining a ppl does and as stated, these are usually based on the premises (or business, or event), not the individual.
