Music Business and Copyright - Music 

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

http://www.ascap.com/index.html 

Licensing, copyright, the recording and broadcasting industries, theater, jingles, concert music, etc.; with links to associated sites.

BMI: Broadcast Music Database

http://bmi.com 

Ownership of over 7 million songs, searchable by title, author, and publisher; information for songwriters, copyright forms, licensing information, glossary, etc.

Beta Records

http://www.betarecords.com 

A site that offers free music marketing and promotion for musicians, and also opportunities to listen to unsigned artists. Requires flash plug in and sound card.

A Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians

http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/copyright

For librarians and others, authoritative guidelines, news, and links.

Music Publishers' Association of the United States

http://mpa.org

Note the useful Copyright Resource Center, the Directory of Music Publishers (with imprints), and the links to music organizations.

Musical America

http://www.musicalamerica.com

Industry news and features provided at no cost.  Users can also subscribe ($115/year) to artist, manager, and listings searches; alternatively, the public is welcome use the print volume in the at the Library. 

Public Domain Music

http://www.pdinfo.com 

Explanation of copyright and public domain, a search feature for locating 3,000 songs in the public domain, resources for finding other public domain music, links, etc.

U.S. Copyright Form CO

http://www.copyright.gov/forms/formco2d.pdf

The new fill-in Form CO. Form CO instructions are available here

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