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What is a Beat License Agreement?
When you purchase or lease a beat, you are purchasing a license to use the copyrighted music for commercial purposes . With this purchase you will be granted certain rights that you will be able to do with the beat. This is what is called a Beat License Agreement. The beat license agreement can come with Paid Live Performance Rights, Video Monetization Rights, Radio Broadcasting Rights, as well as how many copies of the song you are allowed to sell. When you buy beats online , you should always make sure you receive a license agreement with your purchase. All of our beats for sale come with a license agreement so you know exactly what you can and can’t do with the instrumental.
Non-Exclusive Beat Licenses (Leases)
Non-Exclusive licenses grants the artist rights to recording lyrics and vocals on the rap instrumental. It is important to note that the artist does not own the hip hop beat. The beat remains property of the producer. The producer can continue to lease the instrumental to other artist until a buyer purchases exclusive rights. Once exclusive rights are sold, the beat should be removed from being sold. Buying Non-exclusive beat licenses is also referred to as ” leasing beats ”
Music Copyright Issues
So, once you purchase a non-exclusive license and record vocals on it, do you have a level of copyright rights on it? Well, yes and no! In this case, all you have done is created derivative work or also called “New Work”. So basically, you have copyright over the lyrics, but not on the beat you have recorded since the beat copyright still belongs to the producer.
Music Publishing Rights
With a non-exclusive license, you get 0% of the publishing rights to the instrumental.
Exclusive Beat Licensing
When you purchase exclusive rights to a beat it allows you to master your song without limits user rights. With exclusive rights, the artists can make money commercially, globally. Your range of exploiting the master is vast without any limitations. More so, beat licensing is now a non-issue because you will now own the exclusive rights to the song you created using the beats.
Exclusive Beats Copyright Issues & Publishing Rights
The issue of copyright sharing in exclusive beat licensing has been a major controversial topic of discussion among producers. They differ in how they define �?exclusive’ rights. However, most negotiate for a fair 50/50 split of publishing rights and maximize the song’s potential. Most terms are negotiable between the artists and the producer.
Which should you choose: Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive?
Major Difference
The biggest difference between the two is that non-exclusive licenses for one beat can be sold to numerous artists but exclusive licenses are only sold once to an individual artist. The other big difference is that Exclusive rights come with publishing rights, whereas a lease does not.
What works best for you?
If you are looking to get serious about the beats and have the potential to make it a hit, then Exclusive licenses are the best option. However, if you are a young artist coming up working on your mixtape or first album, and on a limited budget then it does not make sense to spend all that money on exclusive rights. A non-exclusive license will adequately help you in building a fan base and getting your music heard.
What if one of my songs produced on a leased beat becomes a hit?
If you work well within your payment and benefits agreement then you will not be fined or penalized for your song being a success. Instead, what will happen is you will need to talk and negotiate a deal with the producer of the beat. If he still holds the exclusive rights to the beat then you will need to come up with a payment agreement for you to upgrade and buy the exclusive rights to beat. However, if they do not wish to sell the exclusive rights to the instrumental, then you will either have to agree on a deal that hashes out sharing and distribution of the profits you make or, unfortunately, take down the track if that is their wish.
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