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Site Search Forgot your password? Forgot your User name? Close Next. WELCOME TO AMRA - AMERICA'S MECHANICAL RIGHTS SOCIETY. What does HFA do? HFA provides the following services to its affiliated publishers: HFA does not: Represent songwriters and publishers for the placement of their music in films and for use by other performers. Administer performance rights - The right to play or perform the music in a public setting such as a restaurant, concert halls, radio station, or nightclub. Issue print rights - the rights to change the lyrics, or to publish them in printed form. Issue master use rights - the right to use an original artist recording. Provide clearance for the use of samples. To obtain print rights or sample clearance, you need to contact the music publisher directly. To obtain a performance right, or to gain representation for your work for the use by others, we suggest you contact the U.S. performance rights societies.
For "master use" or sampling rights, you will also need to contact the owner of the master recording, usually the record company that issued the original recording. SONDRAC (Canada) CMRRA, SOCAN, SODRAC Exploring Integrated Approach to Music Rights Management On February 9, 2012, CMRRA, SOCAN and SODRAC announced that they are exploring opportunities to create a more integrated approach to the management of performing and reproduction rights of music creators and publishers in Canada. Click here to read the press release. Bill C-11: reintroduction of the Copyright Modernization Act The federal government reintroduced its Copyright Modernization Act in the House of Commons on September 29, 2011, in exactly the same form as the former Bill C-32, now known as Bill C-11.
Click here to visit the Bill C-11 section. For further details, click here. Mechanical Rights FAQ's - Protect and Archive copyrights and intellectual property online. Mechanical Rights Mechanical Rights, which are aquired from music publishers and copyright holders, give you the right to record, manufacture and distribute another copyright holder's musical work. Songwriters and publishers also receive payments from mechanical licenses. A mechanical license is written permission from the publisher to manufacture and distribute a record, CD or audio tape for a specific copyrighted composition.
The amount of the royalty paid to a songwriter from a mechanical license is determined by how many recordings are sold. >Click here to view the current posted mechanical rates at HarryFox.com Mechanical rights, although similar, are not to be confused with "master rights" or with "performance rights". "Master Rights" are granted by a record company in order to use an existing recording, while "performance rights" are granted by publishers or societies for the public performance of a song. What are Master Use Rights? What is a Sample? Harry Fox Agency (HFA) CMRRA (Canada)