USING MUSIC FOR BUSINESS / MUSIC COPYRIGHT

Music for your business

Using or playing music in your business venues for commercial purposes needs permission from copyright owners in sound recording (music) or audio-visual (music video.) Before getting to the permission process (license), let’s get to know music copyright first.

About Music Copyright

Copyright” is an exclusive right that the law guarantee to the creators for their creation exploitations, namely the right to reproduce, adapt, or communicate to public by any other means or formats, including granting to other persons to exercise those rights.

  1. Do you know a song consisting of 2 copyrights?
    1. Musical Work melody and lyrics or only melody, or a song which is composed for playing or signing, whether separately or collectively. The copyright owners are authors and/or composers.
    2. Sound Recording means a work consisting of a series of music, sound of a performance or any other sounds recorded on any kind of material and capable of being replayed. The copyright owners can be recording producers, record labels or recording companies.

    Exclusive right of the copyright owner mainly related to music uses are:
    1. Reproduction Right means copying, imitation, duplication, from the original or copy, whether in whole or in part e.g. duplicating/copying a music file onto computer, mobile phone, or any devices to play music for business in venues. For more information or license, please contact Phonorights (Thailand) Ltd. “PNR” at Ms.Petcharat (Petch) Tel. 02-203-1002-3 ex 204, email: petcharat@teca.co.th
    2. Communication to Public/Public Performance Right means making the music available to the public by any means such as radio, television, business venue (e.g., restaurant, store, shopping mall, airline, hotel, hospital, fitness, bowing, pub/bar, karaoke, salon, spa, theater etc. For more information or license, please contact MPC Music Ltd. at Ms. Pattama (Nuy) Tel. 02-069-2313 Ex 106 email: pattama@mpcmusic.co.th

In case of using music incorporated into other contents such as advertisement, television, radio, movie, series, the synchronization right shall be concerned. The synchronization right means rights for adapting a sound recording or audiovisual work, incorporated with content, program, movies or drama. The producer or broadcaster shall get permissions from all related copyright owners before obtaining the reproduction right and the right to broadcast or communicate to public. Since there may be many copyright owners involved, either Thai or international music, you need to check information and contact the copyright owners to prevent the copyright infringement. If you are interested in having a professional liaise with copyright owners to facilitate those who wish to use copyrighted music legally, and to check copyright information with international publishers such as Fujipacific Music (S.E. Asia) Ltd., PEERMUSIC (S.E. Asia) Limited, Warner Chappell Music, One Asia Music, Universal Music Publishing, SonyATV, EMI Music Publishing. For more information or want a cooperation for obtaining permission to use Synchronization Right, you could contact Ms.Jaruwan(Giew) Tel. 086-388-9459 email: jaruwana@hotmail.com

To avoid any copyright infringement, playing/using music needs permission for all involved copyrighted works and from the legitimate copyright owners.