The right of the author, composer and publisher of the musical composition, to the song’s music and lyrics, referred to legally as the “underlying musical work.” To make a copy of the song, a business needs to secure the mechanical rights from the publisher directly or through The Harry Fox Agency who may be the publisher’s administrator. Mood has direct licenses for the mechanical rights with thousands of catalogs throughout the world as well as with the Harry Fox Agency.

The right to publicly perform a musical composition within a business. A performance includes the use of any form of music player, including but not limited to, an MP3 or CD player or any form of broadcast, such as AM/FM or satellite radio. These rights are either administered directly from the publisher or through performing rights organizations such as ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) or SESAC. Mood holds direct licenses with all of the above as well as other performance rights organizations.

The rights granted by the owner of the Master Rights (the record label and/or artist) and Mechanical/Performance Rights (composer, author and/or publisher) to authorize the duplication, distribution, and performance of a musical work embodied within a sound recording to be ‘synchronized’ with various audio/visual media outputs. These outputs may include film, television shows, advertisements, video games, movie trailers, etc.

In order to produce a compilation CD, produce pre-loaded portable media or provide music downloads, a business or individual requires a license for each song from the record label and/or artist (owners of the Master Rights) and from the author, composer and publisher (owners of the Mechanical Rights).