performance rights
Public showing licenses
Performance rights are the legal rights to publicly perform a copyrighted work—playing a song in a restaurant, staging a play, broadcasting music on radio.
These rights are typically managed by organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) that collect royalties on behalf of creators: The venue pays annual fees to cover performance rights.
Distinct from mechanical rights, which cover reproduction.
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- music royaltiesPayments to artists for use
- copyright lawRules protecting original works
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
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performance rightsreproduction rights
Authorization to copy content
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