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How do "royalties" and "cue sheets" work? |
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Super question! Here's a link to a great set of articles explaining the main ideas about royalties and the licensing of music. At the end of the day, simply keep in mind that music has value, just like a stereo or a car. If you're using it commercially or publicly for free, a law has probably been broken somewhere. Publishers, record labels, and copyright owners can be a little touchy about this (with good reason) - so please be careful!
Technically, royalties are still to be paid for the music that is used commercially from this site. But don't worry - the networks, radio stations, etc. are the ones responsible for paying the broadcast licensing fees to royalty collection agencies such as SOCAN, ASCAP, BMI, etc. All you pay is a one-time fee of $10 to us for an unlimited license for life for that track (see our license agreements on our resources page). After that, all you have to do as a producer is submit a cue sheet to the broadcaster (if your production is to be broadcast or played publicly) with all the details of the music you used in the production. They, in turn (if they're doing their job properly), will submit the cuesheet to the approprate agency. Then the composer will get their fair share from the agency (not that much, believe us!).
We'd love to get a copy of the completed cuesheet forwarded to us for our records as well - much appreciated!
Contact us at
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and we'll forward you a blank cuesheet (for ASCAP in the U.S. and SOCAN in Canada) as well as the information you'll need to know to fill it out correctly. |
