The full video of studio owner/engineer/music producer/SESAC employee W3Bz' (Nashville, TN) interview where he talks a Florida nightclub being sued for playing Boosie's music without licensing, how to avoid getting sued, if a business needs a license, copyright law, making a response diss song to someone, and much more.
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#W3Bz #Boosie #CopyrightLaw
📍 Nashville, TN
Timestamps 👇
0:00 Intro
1:05 Who’s is W3Bz and what does he do?
1:48 A Florida nightclub had to pay $21,000 for playing his music without an ASCAP license
3:31 ASCAP is suing 13 venues across the United States for copyright infringement
3:46 If you own a business that plays any type of music you need a license you are at risk of getting sued
5:00 “The easiest and cheapest way is to just get a license!”
7:25 Streaming took away a lot of income for artist so PROs are more important than ever now
8:48 “I’m kind of glad it’s happening…”
9:29 Do places like barbershops or smoke shops have to get licenses?
12:26 “If your business is under 3000 square feet you are exempt from needing a license if you’re playing radio or TV
13:25 What is considered radio in 2024?
14:20 Businesses that want to stream and not worry about licenses, look into background music providers
17:16 Many music artist (at least in hip-hop/rap) don’t know about this!
18:56 If a lot of artist catch on to this will people be clubbing in dead silence?
22:25 W3Bz learned copyright in music from Belmont University and SESAC’s copyright law course with the legal VP of the company, and just working at SESAC overtime
24:40 “If you’re playing music for a group of friends and family, you don’t need a license…”
26:00 Is getting a license easy?
27:38 What advice would W3Bz give to artist?
29:28 A band (possibly Aerosmith) told Donald Trump to stop playing their music at Trump Rally’s
30:50 If anybody wants to cover your music you have the rights to collect royalties from that
31:52 Parodies are exempt
32:27 “I do recommend copyrighting songs because…”
33:49 “Unless you’re ready to go to war, don’t bother doing what Boosie did it’s not worth it!”
37:52 W3Bz talks the difference between songwriting and publishing royalties
38:44 “All producers are songwriters AUTOMATICALLY…”
46:11 W3Bz talks about artist doing work for hire
47:26 W3Bz went into rapper mode and made a diss song against an artist in Nashville 😂
51:47 “I feel like I lost because I even responded to him…”
53:20 “Mayr is Nashville’s Soulja Boy!”
55:57 Some guy proved he made EDM rap BEFORE Midtwn Mayr
58:01 Where to find W3Bz and plans so far
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