Does Linden Labs (SL) have the lisencing from BMI, ASCAP, etc, so that singer's/dj's in SL can play or sing the songs of other (original or otherwise) artist's songs in reference to paying royalties to those artist's songs? Me as a singer myself, hold the right to sing my own songs that I have created, but i do know that i cannot sing other artist's songs without permission from them, either their own personal permission, or being licensed through the Harry Fox agency to be able to sing their songs and paying them royalties in real life, or to be licenced through BMI or ASCAP and the like to be able to play the songs that are not mine on my own website on the interenet.
My questions are, what has LL (SL) done as far as music licensing goes and paying royaties to artists, to protect the artists whose songs are being sung and played by the many singers and dj's here in SL, who many may not be aware that they are infringing on copyrights unless they have the permission of the artists or being licensed to do so. Does LL have the license to allow people to sing or dj other artists songs?
It is very important for us all who perform in SL to know this if we are going to sing and dj songs other than our own. I am signed up with BMI, SongTrust, and SoundExchange for my own songs that I have created, and i do know those agencies are supposed to collect royalties for me anytime my songs get sung and played anywhere around the world and on the interenet, so i do know this needs to discussed. Many people have gotten sued and fined heavily for not paying royalties to artists whose songs are being played without permission, so please, SL, clarify what you are doing to keep people in here and yourself from getting sued and fined or even prosecuted everytime someones song is being played/sung in SL that is not their own. Us singers/dj's need to know what you have done in this respect to music licensing, and being that this is happening all over SL everyday.
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Pari Perenti
Does Linden Labs (SL) have the lisencing from BMI, ASCAP, etc, so that singer's/dj's in SL can play or sing the songs of other (original or otherwise) artist's songs in reference to paying royalties to those artist's songs? Me as a singer myself, hold the right to sing my own songs that I have created, but i do know that i cannot sing other artist's songs without permission from them, either their own personal permission, or being licensed through the Harry Fox agency to be able to sing their songs and paying them royalties in real life, or to be licenced through BMI or ASCAP and the like to be able to play the songs that are not mine on my own website on the interenet.
My questions are, what has LL (SL) done as far as music licensing goes and paying royaties to artists, to protect the artists whose songs are being sung and played by the many singers and dj's here in SL, who many may not be aware that they are infringing on copyrights unless they have the permission of the artists or being licensed to do so. Does LL have the license to allow people to sing or dj other artists songs?
It is very important for us all who perform in SL to know this if we are going to sing and dj songs other than our own. I am signed up with BMI, SongTrust, and SoundExchange for my own songs that I have created, and i do know those agencies are supposed to collect royalties for me anytime my songs get sung and played anywhere around the world and on the interenet, so i do know this needs to discussed. Many people have gotten sued and fined heavily for not paying royalties to artists whose songs are being played without permission, so please, SL, clarify what you are doing to keep people in here and yourself from getting sued and fined or even prosecuted everytime someones song is being played/sung in SL that is not their own. Us singers/dj's need to know what you have done in this respect to music licensing, and being that this is happening all over SL everyday.
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