GENERAL TERMINOLOGY

License: A written document granting permission for specific uses of music.The type of license most commonly issued by IGS is:

Synchronization License: Grants permission for the music to be used in conjunction with the visual image, i.e."in synchronized timed relation." It is further broken down into two different areas:

• Publishing Synchronization: Refers to the use of only the musical composition in synchronization with the visual image.
• Master Synchronization: Refers to the use of a specific master recording of the musical composition in synchronization with the visual image.

Licensing music for multi-media projects requires both a synchronization license and a master use license. When your project is broadcast to the public, an additional public performance license is required and royalties may be owed to a PRO (Performing Rights Organization) that collects payment on behalf of composers and publishers.

Unless otherwise specified, synchronization licenses granted by IGS include both publishing and master rights.

These are some of the licensing variations that could effect pricing:

• Term: The duration of the license.
• Territory: The geographic area describing where the production may be aired or distributed.
• Length: The time duration of any musical selection.
• Format: The medium used to play the music when it is performed/broadcast.
• Clearance: The specific media covered by the license (e.g.broadcast program, promos, corporate internal use, etc.).

Current IGS Music Usage licensing options include:

1. Online/Corporate/Charity Productions – license for one year (no duplication of physical media). Eg.: an internet-only campaign, an in-house or B-to-B corporate-industrial program, a not-for-profit program or ad campaign.
2. TV/Radio/Film Program – license for one year. Eg. a program that will not be needing rights for all media in perpetuity. (Typically, use this variation for Festivals, Theatre, On-hold, Museums, In-transit, Stadium, Theme Park, Kiosk).
3. TV/Radio/Film Program – in perpetuity/worldwide/all media (except soundtrack collections). This is the variation most applicable to television programming that could end up being sold in retail stores and/or licensed for re-runs. (Inclusion in a soundtrack collection requires a separate license).
4. Radio Commercial – license for 13 weeks.
5. Radio Commercial – license for one year.
6. TV/Cinema Commercial – license for 13 weeks.
7. TV/Cinema Commercial – license for one year.

Linear: A production format that can only be listened to or viewed from beginning to end and does not have an interactive or multi-layered component (e.g. videotape, audio book, or TV program).

Needledrop: A single continuous use of music in a production. If use exceeds the length of the original composition (looping), then an additional needledrop has occurred. For full classical compositions, a needledrop will be considered four minutes or any portion thereof.

Non-Linear: A production format that the user may interact with by gaining immediate access to any portion of the production. Digital media such as CD ROM, DVD, video game and the internet contain both linear and non-linear programming. Rates are based on where music is used within the production.

Production: A combination of audio and visual elements which results in a stand alone entity. IGS licenses each such entity separately (i.e. on a per-production basis).

Revision: Any change or alteration to an existing production. This change can be audio, video, or both. Any revision requires a new and separate license. Examples of such revisions are:

• Compilation: The combining of multiple productions or parts thereof.
• Cut-down or Lift: A change in length of an existing production.A cut-down or lift constitutes a change and requires a new license.
• Languages: Translating the existing voice track in a production to one or more languages or subtitling the existing voice track.
• Tag(s): Changes to the original version of a commercial. While the original length of the commercial is unchanged, tags present additional or qualifying information only.
• Update: Any change to make a production more current.

Theme: A single piece of music used on multiple occasions to create a common audio identity.