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What is a CD Project?

Selecting CD Project will allow you to obtain both mechanical and DPD (digital phonorecord delivery) rights for your project. In some cases your project may also need to include the rights to either print lyrics in a CD jacket or make them available as part of the DPD purchase. You can add these rights to your Mechanical License by selecting the configuration "-lyrics" option.

Possible Configurations

CD

Use of a song made available on CD. This license will allow an individual or group to make their own recording of a song or use an existing artist recording of a song (assuming the recording rights were cleared by the recording owner).

CD (Artist Recording)

Use of a CONTROLLED ARTIST RECORDING made available on CD. This license will allow an individual or group to use an existing artist recording of a song. This does not provide the actual recording to you, a customer would need to obtain a legal copy of the CONTROLLED ARTIST RECORDING.

CD-Lyrics

Use of lyrics printed in a CD insert.

DPD (Digital Audio Download)

Use of a song made available as a digital download (i.e. iTunes) audio. This license will allow an individual or group to make their own recording.

DPD (Digital Audio Download)(Artist Recording)

Use of an Artist Recording made available as a digital download. This license will allow an individual or group to license an existing artist recording. Please note: that this configuration is licensed on a case by case basis and we reserve the right to deny the use a controlled Artist Recording.

Rehearsal Tracks

Use of a song made available on a Rehearsal CD. This license will allow an individual or group to make their own recording of a song or use an existing artist recording of a song (assuming the recording rights were cleared by the recording owner).

Rehearsal Tracks (Artist Recording)

Use of a CONTROLLED ARTIST RECORDING made available on a Rehearsal CD. This license will allow an individual or group to use an existing artist recording of a song on a Rehearsal CD.

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