SESAC offers 15 percent discount on Music License to CMAA members. (Government Watch).

A club that plays music must obtain a license from a performing rights organization to obtain the legal permission required to use copyrighted music under the U.S. Copyright Law. Performing rights organizations are businesses designed to represent songwriters and publishers and their right to be compensated for having their music played in public. By securing a license from a performing rights organization, clubs can legally play any song in a performing rights organization's repertory.

In the case of recorded music, the performance rights generally are owned by either the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP); Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI); or SESAC, Inc. SESAC, ASCAP and BMI are three separate and distinct organizations representing different songwriters, composers, publishers, and copyright holders, and each organization licenses only the copyrighted works of its own respective affiliated copyright holders. For example, a license with BMI does not grant your club the authorization for the right to use the copyrighted music of SESAC--or ASCAP-represented songwriters, composers, publishers, or copyright holders.

CMAA is proud to announce that it has negotiated on behalf of its members that clubs managed by CMAA members in good standing will receive a 15 percent discount off license fees for individual SESAC Performance Licenses. The SESAC Performance License runs on a calendar year basis and fees are based on the total number of club members.

To obtain a SESAC Performance License visit their website at www.sesac.com/licensing/licensing.html and click on General License and then on "CMAA Member."

For more information on music licensing and discounts offered by other music licensing organizations, please visit the Music Licensing section of ClubNet at www.cmaa.org/legislat/musicl.htm or contact Henry Wallmeyer, director, Industry Affairs at [phone], [e-mail].