[BC] Music In Commercials

[Mark Humphrey]

> Your ASCAP, BMI or SESAC license does not cover the use of songs in
> commercials.  You'd need to license to song from the songwriter or copyright
> holder.

Reportedly, there are some creative ways of dealing with special
requirements for licensing.  Rush Limbaugh is said to have donated a
large sum of money to animal-rights group PETA to cover royalties for
his use of the riff from "My City was Gone" by The Pretenders:

http://shmooth.blogspot.com/2008/09/rush-limbaugh-hearts-peta.html

Mark