Shockwave-Sound has an excellent article contrasting General vs Completely Royalty Free Music. AKM Music has an article on What Exactly Is Royalty Free Music? and go on to explain the benefits of using Royalty or Copyright Free Music. If you are interested in learning more about this topic then visit the British Library for more information. The 24/7 Online Radio Group may purchase a one-off licence for a non-PRO collection or library of a creator’s music tracks.Īlso you may see on the internet offers of copyright free music. Although no royalties should be payable by the user, often a fee is paid to the composer, creator, musician and/or publisher upfront. It is worth noting that the ‘free’ aspect of Royalty Free Music is a misnomer. See our Credits webpage for the musicians whose tracks we play on our stations. However, this means that the music tracks we play on our stations are generally by new composers, creators and musicians although sometimes they are established composer/musicians who have chosen not to sign up to a PRO. Our agreements are directly with the composer/creator/musician/publisher who creates, plays and records their own music and/or more usually, a music library which holds the licence with non-PRO musicians. (ie creators, composers, and musicians who are not registered with any Performing Rights Organisations or Collective Management Organisation or Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society). We have transferred over to playing Completely Royalty Free Music which is Non-P.R.O. Our previous internet radio service providers paid various performing rights organisations fees, However, they closed down their service on the 30 December, 2019, so we took the decision to take a different approach. If they do offer agreements, it is uncertain if they cover all countries around the world. For small webcasters and internet radio stations providing a 24/7 stream over the internet and/or in mobile phone apps, the international situation has in recent years become more challenging since the internet radio service providers no longer provide a full licencing arrangement.
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