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Blanket use licenses do exist. For example, CCLI licenses allow churches and certain non-profits to use a large body of copyrighted works (many of them under AS
by TimTheTinker 8y ago
Blanket use licenses do exist. For example, CCLI licenses allow churches and certain non-profits to use a large body of copyrighted works (many of them under ASCAP) in several different ways (but definitely not the equivalents of mechanical and sync licenses — those are always case-by-case).
- CPLX 8y agoThere's no such thing as a blanket license, in the sense that you get to use any and all copyrighted footage you'd like for a TV broadcast. There's nothing kind of like that either. A CCLI would allow you to use footage from rightsholders that have chosen to allow such usage. The confusion here appears to be with what are called compulsory licenses for music[0]. In those circumstances, people are allowed to pay songs on radio stations and in live music venues, etc, without having to negotiate with each individual rightsholder. A person who wrote a song has no choice about who is allowed to play one of their songs in a stadium, or on a radio broadcast, once they've publicly released the work. [0] There is an exception for live broadcasts, which don't apply here either.
- TimTheTinker 8y ago> There's no such thing as a blanket license, in the sense that you get to use any and all copyrighted footage you'd like for a TV broadcast. No argument with you there. My point was that there do exist some types of blanket licenses (for specific purposes, of a limited body of works).