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As a former film student I can say from experience that licensing rights can be expensive. And how expensive depends on the usage. E.g. playing a song at a live

by atoav 1y ago

As a former film student I can say from experience that licensing rights can be expensive. And how expensive depends on the usage. E.g. playing a song at a live event is different from using it in television which is different from using it in your youtube video which is different from using it in a film for cinema. Want to play any popular music in your cinema film? The license can easily cost 25.000 € (for film students that is typically more than the budget). Smaller labels make better prices tho and sometimes the artist lets you use it for free (if it is their choice to make).

jermaustin1 1y ago
> E.g. playing a song at a live event is different from using it in television which is different from using it in your youtube video which is different from using it in a film for cinema. Not a criticism, just an addendum for anyone interested: In the US, almost every bar/restaurant/venue is an ASCAP licensee, and it is relatively cheap (around $10/year/occupant for all forms of media), so a venue that wants to play live or recorded music, television broadcasts, etc., and seats 100 people would pay about $1000/year. It's a very good price, and one of the main reasons that at any concert hall or arena, you will hear even huge artists playing covers without having to get them pre-approved.
- charcircuit 1y ago
  >Our lowest annual fee is just over $1 per day, less than the price of a cup of coffee. $1 * 365 is more than the $10 you claimed. 36 seats is a medium sized resteraunt. Also using the song search it has none of the music I listen to so it seems useless. Edit: I was able to find 1 song. If YouTube could offer such a license I would prefer that since they have a larger catalog of music.
  - jermaustin1 1y ago
    I guess they've upped their pricing a bit, or I made that up, I was going off memory from a podcast I listened to a while back (Planet Money maybe?).

by atoav 1y ago

jermaustin1 1y ago

> E.g. playing a song at a live event is different from using it in television which is different from using it in your youtube video which is different from using it in a film for cinema. Not a criticism, just an addendum for anyone interested: In the US, almost every bar/restaurant/venue is an ASCAP licensee, and it is relatively cheap (around $10/year/occupant for all forms of media), so a venue that wants to play live or recorded music, television broadcasts, etc., and seats 100 people would pay about $1000/year. It's a very good price, and one of the main reasons that at any concert hall or arena, you will hear even huge artists playing covers without having to get them pre-approved.

charcircuit 1y ago
>Our lowest annual fee is just over $1 per day, less than the price of a cup of coffee. $1 * 365 is more than the $10 you claimed. 36 seats is a medium sized resteraunt. Also using the song search it has none of the music I listen to so it seems useless. Edit: I was able to find 1 song. If YouTube could offer such a license I would prefer that since they have a larger catalog of music.
- jermaustin1 1y ago
  I guess they've upped their pricing a bit, or I made that up, I was going off memory from a podcast I listened to a while back (Planet Money maybe?).