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The document is a Notice of Intention to Obtain a Compulsory License for making and distributing phonorecords. It requires detailed information about the person or entity seeking the license, including legal names, contact details, fiscal year, song title, types of phonorecord configurations, expected distribution dates, principal recording artist, catalog numbers, and label names. The document also includes a signature section to confirm compliance with copyright laws.

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What is an example of a compulsory license?

There are several different compulsory license provisions in United States copyright law, including for non-dramatic musical compositions, public broadcasting, retransmission by cable systems, subscription digital audio transmission, and non-subscription digital audio transmission such as Internet radio.

Which of the following is a requirement for obtaining a compulsory mechanical license?

Youre entitled to a compulsory mechanical license to sell records containing your cover version, but only if all of the following requirements are met: (1) the song youre covering was previously released as an audio-only recording; (2) your own record will be an audio-only record and wont contain anything other than

How to get a compulsory license?

In order to obtain a compulsory license, you must (1) serve a timely Notice of Intention to Obtain a Compulsory License (NOI), either on the copyright owner or on the Copyright Office if the identity or address of the copyright owner is unknown; and (2) when the copyright owner is known, make monthly royalty payments

How to obtain a compulsory license?

In order to take advantage of this compulsory license the recording artist must provide notice and pay a royalty. The notice must be sent to the copyright owner, or if unable to determine the copyright owner, to the Copyright Office, within thirty days of making the recording, but before distributing physical copies.

What does compulsory license mean?

Compulsory licensing is when a government allows someone else to produce a patented product or process without the consent of the patent owner or plans to use the patent-protected invention itself.

What are the consequences of compulsory licensing to the patentee?

7 A compulsory license does not require the patent owner to do anything except sit back and receive the royalties from the third party. But it does prevent the patent owner from stopping that third party from practicing the patented invention.

Does the US have compulsory licensing?

The United States (U.S.) does not have any provisions for a compulsory license. The closest provision that it does have to the licensing of medicines and vaccines is what is called March-in rights.

What is a compulsory license for cover songs?

Legal Requirements for Releasing a Cover Song To legally release a cover song of a previously released song, obtaining a mechanical license, also known as a compulsory license, is generally required. This license permits you to record and sell your version of the song with the song owners approval.

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