Did You Know - ascap

Q&ADo college and universitypresenters need an ASCAPlicense?Presenters who rent the local college concert hall orauditorium and promote concerts themselves or whoco-promote an event with the college need an ASCAPlicense (or written permission from individual ASCAPcomposers and their publishers). Presenters whowork directly for any of the colleges and universitiescurrently licensed by ASCAP, such as a universityrecital series, are covered by that license. Of course,if the college or university does not have a currentASCAP license, the presenter would need to obtain aseparate license.Must you sign anASCAP concert licenseagreement?No, but you must obtain authorization to perform ourmembers’ music. You can also obtain permissiondirectly from the copyright owner. But ASCAPprovides a valuable service to businesses and organizationsthat use copyrighted music—by helping youeasily meet your responsibilities. Your ASCAP licensefee allows you to use lawfully in all of your concertsany of the millions of songs we represent. In short,the ASCAP license is music to everyone’s ears.