Reproduction
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You are required to seek Copyright clearance and permission from the Copyright owners of the songs. If you have no information on the rightful Copyright owners of the song, COMPASS may be able to assist you.
COMPASS is unable to advise on a standard rate as permission and agreeable royalty for each song has to be individually sought from the respective Copyright owners
You will have to seek clearance for usage of any Copyright material beforehand, or it may constitute an infringement. It is a myth that no clearance is necessary to use a few bars or a few seconds from a Copyright Musical Work.
To produce a VCD with Copyright Musical Works, you are required to obtain clearances for Synchronization Rights and Reproduction Rights. If you are using original Sound Recordings, Recording Rights clearance have to also be obtained.