I would like to know if playing music in a business place (such as my massage studio) infringes on the copyrights of the artists. I use alot of CD purchased music on my MP3 player and it is piped into all the rooms of my studio. I have been wondering if this is legal. Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks, Michael.
2007-05-18 14:13:45 · 5 answers · asked by Michael 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
Nope, Legal since you paid for everything. My Friend owns a car dealer ship and he uses a mp3 player with all of his cds and pipes it in though the wholoe building.
2007-05-18 14:23:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hate to disagree with the others, but playing a CD or mp3 in a commercial store is exactly the same as a performance by a live band. very small establishments get a break, but it sounds like you have multiple speakers in use so you will need to pay a performance royalty. This is collected by ASCAP or BMI for the composer. They charge extra if you allow the patrons to dance!
Check out the websites for details.
2007-05-19 10:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 16:52:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, if you're using songs from your puschased CD's throughout your studio, I see no legal issue with that.
As long as you don't take any credit for the songs (saying you wrote the songs, etc.) then you're not doing anything illegal.
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2007-05-18 14:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by Laurice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perfectly fine, as long as ur dont charge them money O.o
same thing goes for movies =)
2007-05-18 14:18:32 · answer #5 · answered by l1ryan1l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋