Chapter 24
The Business of Copyrights and Royalties
In This Chapter
◆ How copyright works
◆ How to deal with copyright infringement
◆ Different types of licenses and royalties: mechanical, performance, synchronization, print, display, and foreign
◆ When you need to pay royalties on the music you perform and record
One way to make money as a musician is to license your songs for various uses and then collect the licensing income, typically in the form of royalties. Licensing is different for songs than it is for sound recordings; in most instances, a songwriter has more licensing opportunities than do artists recording those songs.
To fully benefit from licensing opportunities, you need to know a little bit about copyrights, licenses, and royalties. ...
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