What is the difference between mechanical license and sync license?

Mechanical: When a song is reproduced digitally or physically. Synchronization: When a song is used in visual media.

What is the difference between mechanical license and performance license?

While performance royalties are paid for the right to play a composition in public, mechanical royalties are paid for the right to reproduce a composition through the process of recording, manufacturing, and distributing the work.

How much do sync licenses cost?

Top artists/songwriters might charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for synchronization licenses, but an independent artist looking to build exposure might just charge a few hundred bucks or even less.

What is a sync license?

A synchronization license is an agreement between a music user and the owner of a copyrighted composition (song) that grants permission to release the song in a video format (YouTube, DVDs, Blue-ray discs). This permission is also called synchronization rights, synch rights, or sync rights.

What is a mechanical license used for?

In copyright law, a mechanical license is a license from the holder of a copyright of a composition or musical work, to another party to create a "cover song", reproduce, or sample a portion of the original composition. It applies to copyrighted work that is neither a free/open source item nor in the public domain.

What is the difference between master and sync?

The difference between a master license and a sync license is that the sync permits the license holder to re-record the song for a specific project, for example a video cover a famous song, while the master permits using a pre-existing record, therefore the voice of the original singer.

Do you need a publisher for sync licensing?

If you are not signed to a label and don't have a publisher, and you wrote the song and paid for the recording yourself, you have the exclusive right to grant permission. That means you would collect both sync fees upfront since you are the owner of the composition and the master.

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