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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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