JOINT LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM NEWS FROM NAA
New White Paper Outlining Key Copyright and Music Licensing Principles Now Available
NMHC
has released a NAA and NMHC members-only white paper to provide
background on music licensing principles for apartment companies. Performing
rights organizations (PROs) have contacted a number of NAA/NMHC members
regarding music in apartment community common areas. The
law for music licensing is complex and whether a license may be needed
depends on specific facts including an area's openness to the public,
square footage, the media used and the number and/or size of television
screens and speakers, among other property-specific factors.
Commissioned
by NMHC, the white paper, by Cydney A. Tune, senior counsel at
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, provides basic information about
key copyright and music licensing principles and a framework to help
apartment companies consider how those principles may apply to a
particular community. The paper also addresses issues related to public
and semi-public spaces, performance licenses, sources of music, and
equipment and devices for audio-only and audiovisual use. In addition,
the paper includes a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section that
answers some common questions from apartment firms.
Download the white paper here. (Find the white paper under Articles and Reports.)
*Source: National Apartment Association.
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2014 SC Apartment Association Legislative Day
February 5, 2014
SC State House, Columbia
