In exchange for their purchase, the producer will provide the artist with a license agreement. A document that grants the artist certain user-rights to create and distribute a song. This license agreement is legal proof that the producer has given them permission to use the beat. A common misconception is when artists ask producers for free beats. Even when a producer agrees and sends the artist a free beat. The truth is, that free beat is useless as there is no legal proof and permission to use it.
This is where the license agreement comes in. It is the license agreement. Heate is a carefully curated weekly newsletter that collects the most valuable music industry updates and sends it straight to your inbox.
With a non-exclusive license, the producer grants the artist permission to use the beat to create a song of their own and distribute it online.
The producer will still retain copyright ownership more about this later and the artist has to adhere to the rights granted in the agreement. Most non-exclusive licenses have a limitation on sales, plays, streams or views. A non-exclusive license also has an expiration date. This could be anywhere between years. After the contract period is due, the buyer has to renew the license. In other words, buy a new one. Since these licenses are non-exclusive, a single beat can be licensed to an unlimited number of different artists.
This means that several artists could be using the same beat for a different song under similar license terms. Whether this is a problem depends entirely on what stage the artist is. A beginner artist would be best off with a non-exclusive license, while a signed artist or an artist that is on the verge of blowing up might be better off with an exclusive license.
Most producers offer different non-exclusive licensing options. Every option comes with its own unique user-rights. These user-rights are often displayed in licensing tables, similar to mine below. These more expensive licenses also come with better quality audio files.
In my case, the second-highest tier, the Premium license, is the most popular. The Unlimited license. Or even better, an Exclusive license. When you own the Exclusive Rights to a beat, there are no limitations on user rights.
Meaning that an artist can exploit the song to the fullest. There is no maximum number of streams, plays, sales or downloads nor is there an expiration date on the contract.
The song may also be used in numerous different projects. Singles, albums, music videos etc. In comparison to non-exclusive licenses, which are usually limited for use in a single project only.
In the case of buying the exclusive rights to a beat that was previously non-exclusively licensed to other artists, the artist that purchased the exclusive rights is typically the last person to purchase it.
After a beat is sold exclusively, the producer is no longer allowed to sell or license the beat to others. These are the main differences between non-exclusive licenses and exclusive licenses. For many years, producers had different ways of selling exclusive rights. Luckily, in more recent years, contracts are becoming more streamlined and matching the industry standard. Still, I want to address two very different ways of selling exclusive rights.
By selling exclusive rights , the producer remains the original author of the music. And is still able to collect writers share and publishing rights.
By selling exclusive ownership , the producer sells the beat including all interest, authorship, copyright etc. Basically, the artist retains actual ownership over the beat and will—from that point on—be considered as the legal author of the beat. Within the beat licensing industry, selling exclusive ownership is wrong, unethical and—in most cases— not compliant with Copyright Law.
This is the part that most people struggle to understand. Mainly, because there are lots of different deal structures in the music industry. No worries! Before we jump into this next section, we need to get a better understanding of two types of royalties first.
Mechanical royalties are generated when music is physically or digitally reproduced or distributed. This applies to hard copy sales, digital sales e. Performance royalties are generated when a song is performed publicly.
This applies to when music is played on the radio, performed live or streamed for example. Regardless of whether the license is non-exclusive or exclusive. That is if the artist works independently.
When an artist is signed to a label, the label usually collects the mechanical royalties and might choose to pay a percentage of it to the artist. Allies Creatures and robots Factions Vendors. Ammunition Apparel and armor C. Administrators Account management Discord Vault Academy. Administration policy Article layout Canon guidelines Content policy Discussions forum Reference formatting User conduct.
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