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  • March 2, 2016 at 5:21 am #2363091
    Clifford Anderson
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    Yes, you have a legal obligation to pay for the tracks you play, unless they are given away by the artist, regardless of your own commercial intent (assuming you are living in a Berne convention country, which you most likely are).

    No, YouTube’s license specifically forbids public performance.

    March 2, 2016 at 8:59 am #2363391
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Yes you have to pay for your music, no matter what. Be it not being payed or even charity events… the music has to be payed for.

    March 2, 2016 at 12:52 pm #2363691
    Clifford Anderson
    Participant

    There is one exception, as I stated, to “no matter what” – a LOT of artists give away a LOT of their tracks. Soundcloud is a font of free music. 95% or so of my setlist is free, but LEGALLY so.

    March 2, 2016 at 3:32 pm #2363811
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Not to mention that Youtube quality sound is not something you want to trouble your audience with …

    March 2, 2016 at 4:21 pm #2363861
    Clifford Anderson
    Participant

    Truth.

    March 2, 2016 at 9:45 pm #2363951
    Allan Murray
    Participant

    Bar the legal issues, It’s always better to pay for music as the sound quality is always a lot better and you can save a lot of time and money if you buy cds off ebay etc: in bulk, make sure there originals not copies, thats where i get the majority of my music from…

    March 15, 2016 at 1:58 am #2369911
    Axel Dark-Key
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    When you say pay for music, you mean buy the CD or track off ITunes right? Not paying royalties to the artists for using it.

    March 15, 2016 at 10:06 am #2369991
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Yes we mean buy the track/CD.
    The purchase of the track/CD gives you the legal access to the track.
    Depending on your country, the royalties payed to the artist are then collected by a governing agency that will usually have the venue owner/club owner/event manager/… pay an additional fee for you to play those legally purchased tracks live. If you present that agency with a playlist, they will then distribute the royalties to the artists you played via a formula that will give you a headache. If you do not give them a playlist, it will be given in another formula and distributed by artists usually played at such events (so most money will go to the inhertance of the Beatles and Micheal Jackson)

    March 15, 2016 at 4:04 pm #2370261
    Axel Dark-Key
    Participant

    That’s what I thought. I wanted to be sure though.

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