Licensing music for Guitar Hero-like app [more inside]
posted by @troy on Aug 15, 2009 - 1 answer

Is it horribly expensive to license snippets of music for videos that I share on my blog? [more inside]
posted by IanMorr on Jul 25, 2009 - 6 answers

Submitting a student film for a local festival. Unlicensed music used. How should I clear this? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 13, 2008 - 13 answers

What should I negotiate for the use of my song on a compilation? [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van on Jun 19, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm looking for good sources of creative-commons licensed, edgy rock instrumental music. A really good example of this is www.saviumsaliva.com. The music there just seems to work for the podcast that I'm working on. I've tried Jamendo, and one other "search engine" for creative commons licensed music, but slow going. I keep hoping for the motherlode.. So far, not so much. Anyone have any other suggestions for places to look? Thanks!
posted by wflanagan on May 17, 2008 - 3 answers

How should I release and distribute my newly recorded album without a record label? [more inside]
posted by lukeomalley on Dec 31, 2007 - 21 answers

I just received a check from Pump Audio. I submitted my music to them a while back and, apparently, one of my tracks was used in a TV show. Woo-hoo! However, I can't find any information on the show it was used in. The information on the statement is as follows: Usage Description: Yearbook Episode 1998 Air Date: 6/11/2006 Ntwk/Pro: ABC I've Googled, to no avail. I can't even find any reference to a show of that name. Anyone have information or a suggestion of how where to look? Or, super-extra bonus points if you know how I can get a copy of it!
posted by SampleSize on Oct 9, 2007 - 20 answers

If Microsoft pays Universal music 1.00 for each Zune sold, to help them recoup losses due to piracy, does that mean that I can put any Universal music I want on the device? [more inside]
posted by stupidcomputernickname on Nov 10, 2006 - 14 answers

Fox's House MD features a theme tune by Massive Attack in the US, but in Europe it has a different theme called "House" due to licensing problems. What other programs have had to do this, and what does a "licensing problem" mean, exactly?
posted by twine42 on May 11, 2006 - 14 answers

I'd like to understand more about how music licensing works (especially for online music downloads, which seems particularly maddening), how it relates to traditional pre-internet music licensing, and if there's any chance the system may change in the near future. [more inside]
posted by funambulist on Dec 6, 2005 - 8 answers

I need information about buying rights to music outright. [more inside]
posted by null terminated on Jul 23, 2005 - 4 answers

This question got me thinking... Why is it that there are video and game rental outlets (Blockbu$ter, Hollywood, etc) but not CD rental outlets here in the US? Anyone know anything about the license agreements video rental outlets sign and in turn what license agreements one accepts when they purchase a CD from a store? Why wouldn't I be able to rent out my CDs? You'd think in this day of iPods, CDRs and such large hard drives, this would be a killer busines to get into.
posted by pwb503 on Nov 18, 2004 - 23 answers