Huh? Royalty-free? What does THAT mean?
I recently had someone ask what the big deal was about “royalty-free” music, and exactly what that meant.
In this post, a bit of background (disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer, so this isn’t legal advice). This may sound a bit idealistic, but here goes anyway:
Copyright law basically says that the creator of a work owns it - and he can then rent it out, sell it outright, give it away, etc - but only the OWNER of a work can do that. (I know - lots of people out there who believe otherwise, but they are wrong). The advantage is that creators of works (music, art, etc) potentially benefit financially. The more money you make in your art, the more motivated you are to create more - it’s the basis of capitalism.
Another right granted by the lawmakers is something called “public performance” - i.e. the writer has the right to be paid everytime there is a public performance of their work. A public performance takes place anytime the work is played at all - whether streamed off the internet, played off a CD, played on the radio or satellite radio, etc. So officially anytime you use a piece of music you owe somebody some money.
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