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What are copyright protected songs? Imagine if
you were a songwriter and wrote a hit song that was published.
You would get paid for every time someone buys your song. You
and the publisher have what is called a copyright - that is the
right that is given to someone to have a copy of your song, for
a fee.
There is also copyright fee that goes to the recording artist,
the publisher, the lyricist etc. By illegally offering the music
for free, the musicians and publishers are not getting what they
deserve, a copyright fee. When you buy music from us, all the
copyright fees are looked after using our publishing
arrangements with companies like Hal Leonard Music, Alfred Music
Publishers and many others. Everyone must pay to print these
selections as we have to pay a license fee every time you
purchase and print a song that is copyright protected. These
will be songs that are from current artists and older artists
like the Beatles, big-band selections and most songs that date
post 1923. |
