Re: [Harp-L] copyright issues and permission

[Seth Galitzer <sethgali@xxxxxxxxx>]

If your cover is longer than 5 min, the fee structure is a bit 
different.  There is a different base rate, then an additional rate per 
minute over 5, and that determines your rate per copy.  Last time I did 
this was about 2 yrs ago, so YMMV if they've changed policy since then. 
 But "mechanical licenses" are what you want for CDs and "download 
licenses" are what you want if you want to sell them digitally.  And if 
you want to do a mix of both, you have to buy separate licenses (eg 500 
mechanical licenses AND 500 download licenses, not just 500 licenses for 
both as they are exclusive).  This may have already been mentioned by 
somebody, I forget, sorry for duplicating if so.

It seems confusing, but HFA makes it pretty easy and their documentation 
is pretty good.

Seth

On 03/31/2010 03:30 PM, Tom Ball wrote:
> Garry Hodgson wrote:
> i'm confused. i was just on harryfox.com last night, and for two songs
> on 1000 cd's it came to almost $700. what
> am i missing?
> ------------
> Garry,
> I think you might have requested info on the wrong kind of license. If
> you are making physical CDs, what you want is a "mechanical license."
> Harry Fox charges the "statutory rate" which is currently 9.1 cents per
> song, per CD. So two songs on 1000 CDs would be $182.
>
> What's more, if you think you may not sell (or otherwise distribute)
> them all, you can prepay on 500 units (or even less, I think...) Then,
> if/when you do exceed 500 you can pay on the overage.
>
> good luck,
> Tom Ball