Sibelius introduces custom stores.Sibelius Software, Ltd. now has an online self-publishing service, SibeliusMusic Stores, available at www.SibeliusMusic.com for small publishers, composers and arrangers to publish and sell music in an inexpensive, easy-to-use and secure environment. SibeliusMusic Stores is designed as a solution for those who wish to sell scores securely online--without the expense and complexity of website hosting, infrastructure and maintenance. Each individual's store can be customized to best fit their own image or brand identity. SibeliusMusic Stores strengthens the existing publishing and e-commerce features of SibeliusMusic.com, which presently carries more than 30,000 musical scores. Musical scores are authored in Sibelius or Sibelius G7 software and can be played back via the free Sibelius Scorch download, which lets users view, play and print Sibelius scores over the Internet. Score files on SibeliusMusic.com are securely encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science and reside on Sibelius's servers for convenience and protection. Self-publishers can choose to make their scores available for sale or free of charge. While SibeliusMusic.com provides the tools to sell and promote music, composers retain total control and copyright. SibeliusMusic.com is licensed by the Performing Right Society on behalf of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a non-profit performance rights organisation that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating (ASCAP ASCAP abbr. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers ), BMI BMI body mass index. BMI abbr. body mass index Body mass index (BMI) A measurement that has replaced weight as the preferred determinant of obesity. , GEMA GEMA Gesellschaft für Musikalische Aufführungs- und Mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German musical copyright monitoring body) GEMA Groupement des Entreprises Mutuelles d'Assurances (French) and other performing rights Performing rights are the right to perform music in public. It is part of copyright law and demands payment to the music’s composer/lyricist and publisher (with the royalties generally split 50/50 between the two) when a business uses music in a public performance. societies worldwide. For more information contact Sibelius USA at (925) 280-0600 or infoUSA@sibelius.com or visit www.sibelius.com. |
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