[BC] Music In Commercials

[Mike McCarthy]

On 2/1/2012 10:29 AM, Larry Fuss wrote:
>Radio stations pay major licensing fees for the right to use copyrighted music, but this license is for the sole purpose of entertaining. The license
>does not allow stations to use the music for commercial purposes.

Larry,

You forgot about the performance half....  While broadcast has been exempted from the performance royalty aspect for mere airing of the performed content, commercial use is not exempt.  So the advertiser needs ***two*** licenses.  Composer ***and*** performance.

MM