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I already have an AMCOS licence – why do I also need a sound recording licence from ARIA or the copyright owner?

April 26, 2017ARIA copyright licence owner recording sound

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I already have an AMCOS licence – why do I also need a sound recording licence from ARIA or the copyright owner?

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There are at least two (2) copyrights in any recording: • The copyright in the written song, composition or lyrics (i.e. the “musical work” in copyright language). AMCOS only grants licences to reproduce the musical work; • The copyright in the recorded version of the musical work, i.e. the “sound recording”. ARIA grants licences for the reproduction of the sound recording, where it is authorised to do so, and distributes the fees it collects among individual sound recording copyright holders (usually the record company/label); The practical effect of this distinction is that the reproduction of a sound recording usually requires two licences – one from AMCOS and one from either ARIA or the sound recording copyright owner. If you have only one licence with AMCOS and you are reproducing sound recordings you are likely to be infringing copyright.