<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Because I'm a pedantic weirdo: Happy Birthday was just brought back into fair use last fall, thanks in part to some librarians! Please sing it in your libraries to your heart's content. :-)<br><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-happy-birthday-song-lawsuit-decision-20150922-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-happy-birthday-song-lawsuit-decision-20150922-story.html</a><br><br><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2015/07/30/Pitt-library-songbook-could-answer/stories/201507310146">http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2015/07/30/Pitt-library-songbook-could-answer/stories/201507310146</a><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Esther Moberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emoberg@cityofseaside.us" target="_blank">emoberg@cityofseaside.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Because you are listening to more than 30 seconds of a song that is copyrighted in a public setting, you absolutely need licensing. There are three main music public viewing companies to buy licensing from. If it is a one time event you may be able to purchase a one time event license. Even happy birthday is copyrighted and has royalties. This is why so many restaurants create their own birthday songs. </div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Esther Moberg<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 25, 2016, at 11:43 AM, Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney <<a href="mailto:kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org" target="_blank">kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div><div>Hi folks,</div><div> </div><div>I'm trying to determine where a possible library program falls in terms of fair use. </div><div> </div><div>I'm investigating the notion of holding music listening parties at the library -- the kind of thing where we would listen to an album in full, and then discuss. I'm not sure, however, if I would need to obtain performance rights to any albums we listened to. Thoughts?</div><span style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom:5px;display:block"><span style="display:block"><br><span style="font-size:10pt;display:inline-block;word-wrap:normal"><div>
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