"Common Examples of When You Need a Voluntary License Include: . . . Using a sound recording in a movie, commercial or other visual work. If you want to use a

"Common Examples of When You Need a Voluntary License Include: . . . Using a sound recording in a movie, commercial or other visual work. If you want to use a sound recording in a visual work, you need a synchronization license, so called because the music is "synched" to the video. You’ve already created your visual work and you want to put some music under it. You want just the music for your movie, commercial, documentary, sitcom, or any kind of audio/visual presentation, no matter where it is aired, even the Internet. Synchronization licenses are granted by individual sound recording copyright owners." [1] Whether anyone comes after you for not having such a license is a different story. [1] http://riaa.com/whatwedo.php?content_selector=whatwedo_licensing http://riaa.com/whatwedo.php?content_selector=whatwedo_licen...