Hi folks,
I live in Maine and am a Real Estate Broker. We have a home show we
are producing to advertise houses and land we have listed in our area.
It will broad cast on local access cable network. We needed musi for
the background as this power point presentation plays. I chose songs
with the word home or houses in them. We have 66 minutes of songs that
we will be changing monthly. What will I need to do to play this
burned cd as a background for our show?
Sincerely, 
Karen Cudworth

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How do you obtain permission to provide music for your guests? This is
generally done through licensing societies. The largest two of which
are the American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers (ASCAP)
and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). A smaller organization, the Society of
European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC) represents a few artists,
primarily in the areas of classical, gospel and country music. In
order to comply with the law, most hospitality operators will need to
secure blanket licensing agreements with both ASCAP and BMI because
each organization covers a separate slate of artists.

Some other links:

http://www.ascap.com/licensing/licensingfaq.html

http://www.bmi.com/licensing/business/groupa/faq/tradeshow_questions.asp

One other thing....I hope you OWN every song on that disk!

Yes, you need to think about royalties if you are broadcasting.

There are three major licenses involved in your presentation; a
performing rights license a synchronization license and a license for
the use of the master in a video presentation. First the performing
rights license. Your cable company probably pays both ASCAP and BMI
for the rights to publicly perform music. That is usually a given and
so you do not have to worry about that payment. When you put sound
with video of any kind, it is said that you are "synchronizing" the
music to the video presentation. This requires a "sync" license and
they can be very difficult, (time consuming and expensive), to
negotiate. Those negotiations are usually directly with the publisher.
If you are using the orginal recording, there is the copyright in
phonorecord to be considered and that would entail negotiating with a
record company. So Karen, you see that this can be a big problem. Why
not commission a local singer songwriter, or several of them to come
up with some original music that you can buy outright and not have to
worry about any licenses? You would also have a PR coup by using local
talent on your show. All of their friends and relatives would talk up
your presetations just to hype the music. I would think that you could
commission 4 or 5 different singer songwriters to come up with some
tunes about home or your local area and then you could choose from the
best. Why not make it a contest in conjunction with the station. My
point is there are many ways to use music that do not break the bank
but still provide you with the "mood" that music can lend to your
project and at the same time, promote your show and support local
talent. Good Luck!