What are US music copyright laws, in regards to radio?

Question

In other words, what are the requirements to play a song on public broadcast, whether it be traditional radio, internet radio, podcast, ect? Just curious.

Answer 1

Your best route is to log on copyright.gov. and read the applicable laws governing playing copyrighted material over the sound waves.

Usually, you must seek permission from the composer/writer before doing such a thing or copyright infringement comes in with stiff penalties.

Answer 2

Here's what the US Copyright Office has to say:

"the owner of copyright [has] the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:

To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;

To prepare derivative works based upon the work;

To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;

To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;

To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and

In the case of sound recordings*, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission."

So, in the case of playing songs on the radio -- permission would have to be granted from the copyright owner.

I posted some links about copyrights & music below. Hope that helps!

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