DIGITAL MUSIC LICENSING

Digital Music Licensing is the process of licensing the use of copyrighted music in a digital format. It is intended to ensure that the copyright owners on musical works are compensated for certain uses of their work.

CAPASSO’s digital licences cater for all current and future forms of service types such as downloads, ringback tones, streaming, video on-demand and online radio.

Its partnership with the South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), accompanied by its established BIEM and CISAC membership, truly make it a convenient and efficient hub for digital licensing across the African continent.

Production Music Licensing

CAPASSO licenses music used on radio, TV, cinema, advertising, films, corporate video production, multimedia and more. What's more, CAPASSO has blanket licences with broadcasters that cover the use of production music in normal TV programming, such as documentaries, dramas, magazine programmes and in-house promos.

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CAPASSO represents by far the largest catalogue of production music libraries in South Africa. From Universal Production Music, to Red Igloo, EMI, Sheer, West One, Synchro, Sony, Gallo, Mathambo, Mama Dance, Bulletproof Bear, Foxglove Music, Lalela Music, D-Tuned, A.I.R., Mino Music and Slam.

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We believe we are leaders in this fast-growing field. This is by far the most extensive body of music libraries totalling upwards of 3.5 million tracks, defined by their quality and diversity. 

There will almost always be a reproduction or reformatting of musical works in television broadcasting. The CAPASSO Broadcaster licences caters for broadcasting platforms as well as independent channels on existing platforms. 

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The Broadcast blanket licenes gives users access to:

1. Complete CAPASSO production library catalogue

2. Commercial music usage (Under stipulated conditions)

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SABC, Multichoice and ETV have benefitted for many years from blanket licence arrangements with both performing rights and mechanical rights organisations.

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*Please note, that any agreement entered into with CAPASSO will exclude the rights to the Master Sound Recording, which can be obtained directly from the record company or the producer.