ABSTRACT
Using Prerecorded Music Music licensing is one of the trickiest areas of entertainment law. For prerecorded songs, the work of seeking permissions is doubled. This is because there are actually two kinds of copyrights to every piece of recorded music, and licenses need to be obtained from each copyright owner. You need to secure the permissions from:
● The party who owns the copyright to the musical composition ● The party who owns the rights to the recording of the composition that you
plan to use
Music Copyright The two copyrights contained in every piece of recorded music are (1) a copyright in the musical composition and (2) a separate copyright in the recording itself.
