Applied Music: Musical Works and Performance

Through this JDH Library Guide: "Learn the basics of copyright law, especially as it is applied to videos, images, and published documents in a university setting."

From the National Association for Music Education. "An overview of copyright issues and music education."

From Columbia University

"This site is maintained by the Legislation Committee of the Music Library Association (MLA) as a resource for anyone interested in issues of copyright as they apply to the fields of music and music librarianship."

"Theft! A History of Music is a graphic novel laying out a 2000-year long history of musical borrowing from Plato to rap". Available for free download via Creative Commons Licensing

"This Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use clarifies what librarians, archivists, curators, and others working with dance-related materials currently regard as a reasonable application of the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine, where the use of copyrighted materials is essential to significant cultural missions and institutional goals."

One of the two largest performing rights organizations based in the U.S. Website is a resource for performing rights and licensing fees.

One of the two largest performing rights organizations based in the U.S. Website is a resource for performing rights and licensing fees.

A smaller performing rights organization with a roster of high profile artists.

This performing rights organization manages rights for streaming audio. As the website states, Sound Exchange "collects and distributes digital performance royalties on behalf of 700,000 creators and growing."

HFA manages mechanical and digital licensing.