Copyrighted Music in Wedding Videos

Subject: Re: Copyrighted Music in Wedding Videos

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: I make wedding videos and photo montages. My clients are always requesting copyrighted music on their tapes and DVDs. Clients rarely order more than 10 copies. Certainly, it's a copyright infringment to simply copy a copyrighted work to their wedding video or montage. : However, these videos are for private use and not for performance. If I purchased copies of the music, on a one for one basis (for example - I make 5 tapes and purchase 5 copies of the music), and transfer that music to my clients videos, would that be an infringement? Do you think syncronization or mechanical reproduction rights would apply to such a limited use? : From an ethical standpoint, I don't see any infringement because the artist/label is getting paid. Getting individual licenses from ASCAP or BMI for 5 copies of a wedding video would be impractical.

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