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So I helped out, and attended a large corporate event a week and a half ago in Atlanta, GA. It was for a company's convention, and it had well over 40,000 people attend, as it tookplace in the Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center. As I was chatting with a few guys from the production team, one had mentioned that every song that they play, they had to pay for since it's copyrighted. I understand that for example, it's alright to play copyrighted music as a DJ at a Hotel Ballroom or other venues as they usually have a license for it. However, would those same rules apply for a full-size production like this? I've heard from people that "It's not much of a big deal", all the way to "They could sue us if we don't pay to play"... What's the real deal about playing copyrighted music for large corporate functions?
So I helped out, and attended a large corporate event a week and a half ago in Atlanta, GA. It was for a company's convention, and it had well over 40,000 people attend, as it took
place in the Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center. As I was chatting with a few guys from the production team, one had mentioned that every song that they play, they had to pay for since it's copyrighted. I understand that for example, it's alright to play copyrighted music as a DJ at a Hotel Ballroom or other venues as they usually have a license for it. However, would those same rules apply for a full-size production like this? I've heard from people that "It's not much of a big deal", all the way to "They could sue us if we don't pay to play"... What's the real deal about playing copyrighted music for large corporate functions?
