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1. Why should I pay for playing music in public?

We often use the expression "they're playing my song," not always remembering that while we may have emotionally adopted the song, it still legally belongs to the songwriter who created it, and the music publisher who markets it. When you use other people's property, you need to ask permission.

2. What is a public performance?

A public performance is one that occurs either in a public place or any place where people gather (other than a small circle of a family or its social acquaintances.) A public performance is also one that is transmitted to the public; for example, radio or television broadcasts, music-on-hold, cable television, and by the internet. Generally, those who publicly perform music obtain permission from the owner of the music or his representative. However, there are a few limited exceptions, (called "exemptions") to this rule. Permission is not required for music played or sung as part of a worship service unless that service is transmitted beyond where it takes place (for example, a radio or television broadcast). Performances as part of face to face teaching activity at a non-profit educational institutions are also exempt.

3. What Does a License Do?

It gives you permission from the Owner of the Copyright to use a musical composition. The difference between the Leasing Rights and Exclusive Rights are as follows:

The Exclusive Rights to a musical composition gives you full permission to do as you please with the song, whereas the Leasing Rights does NOT. Leasing Rights are for MIXTAPES and/or DEMO's or any other form of "free" media or recording used for non-commercial purposes.