Music Clearance and Insurance
MUSIC RIGHTS
All music is subject to copyright protection unless it is in the public domain (see the next section). Unless you only intend to show your film in a classroom, or hire a composer to write original music, it is absolutely necessary to clear the music you intend to use in your film. Your film cannot be exhibited publically (including the Internet) without a specific grant to do so. This applies to festivals as well (see below).
Clearance means determining who owns the copyright to a piece of music and negotiating a license to use that material for exhibition and distribution in specific territories and media in exchange for the payment of a fee to the copyright owner. (See below for details.) ...
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