Editorial Reviews:
Book Description
The Second Edition to this critically acclaimed best-seller is a "must-have" for all music copyright owners and producers seeking to clear music rights for products and performances. The authors, who have over 50-plus years of hands-on experience, take you step-by-step through the entire licensing process. In clear, understandable language, they provide detailed explanations of the many kinds of music licenses, identify the critical issues addressed in each, and offer valuable strategy and advice to both rights owners and prospective licensees. The Second Edition covers: * Licensing for computer software and in multimedia and new media products
* Licensing music and sound recordings in cyberspace
* Music publishing; international subpublishing
* Co-publishing and administrative agreements
* And songwriter agreements. Proven tips and suggestions, along with the most up-to-date analysis, are given for virtually all the areas of music licensing including: * How to "clear" a license
* Copyright renewal
* Videogram licensing
* Negotiating fees
* The digital sampling controversy
* Radio, television, and print advertising
* And new uses for old licenses are just some of the topics expertly covered The book includes the names and addresses of the major music rights and clearing agencies, major performance rights societies, and a lengthy list of songs currently in the public domain. Plus, more than 70 forms and license agreements, including many new ones, are included on a companion computer disk that is searchable by caption, topic, or keyword.
Customer Reviews:
Review #1: GIAN FIERO ON KOHN ON MUSIC LICENSING
2004-10-29 
Simply put: This is the bible of music licensing. It's not as cheap as the bible and you don't have a prayer of finding it much cheaper than the used versions that someone foolishly gives up on Amazon, but regardless of the price, it's worth every penny. If you want to truly understand the mechanics, logistics, and legalities of music licensing, learn it from the authority who was sorting out licensing issues concerning the Internet and digital distribution over 10 years ago - before it became a "hot" topic.
Review #2: A valuable tool, and totally unknown to many who'd benefit
2000-06-01
I discovered this book when I was researching an article "Who owns the rights? Copyright, the law and licensing the show," which was published in the Summer 1999 issue of the Educational Theatre Association quarterly Teaching Theatre (Volume 10, Number 4) and which is now available online (though the reviewer guidelines do not allow me to post the URL, so anyone interested will have to email me at knscott@juno.com for it). Kohn on Music Licensing is a most valuable resource for anyone who either does musical theatre, or uses music in theatrical production, since it makes clear aspects of musical licensing that I am sure are as mysterious to many others as they were to me before reading this book. In my opinion, every theatre educator or community theater producer/director should read both Chapter 18, "The Grand Rights Controversy", and Chapter 14, "Synchronization Licenses," before producing another musical (or excerpt from one) or using any copyright-protected music "dramatically" (a term defined in the book) in the production of any play. AND the authors maintain a Website to which readers can bring any question still unclear after reading the book.
Review #3: The Bible of Music Copyrighting
1999-01-12
This is the Bible of music copyrighting and licensing. With the coming of age of the Internet, transferring copywritten information online will become increasingly in the spot light and this book makes sense of it. |
