Licensing Music

Learn about music licensing for phone on hold and using music in your business.

Ring Central Music On Hold: Top 5 Tips

Tips to help Ring Central users deal with the fact that their phone platform only uses audio files for music on hold.

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Hold Music or Messages On Hold?

Hold Music vs. Messages On Hold Since the late 1960s, phone systems have used music on hold to indicate to […]

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Music Licensing Fees: Music Industry Not Kidding Around

The gloves are off. The leaders of the music industry have seen enough. Music licensing is a serious business. This […]

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Music Licensing For Fitness Clubs

Performance Rights Groups Muscle In On Fitness Industry With Special Music Licensing Enforcement What is a standard license? A music […]

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Radio On Hold: Forget Illegal, It’s Downright Dumb!

Using radio to keep your callers entertained while they wait on hold? Run, don’t walk, and rip the cord out […]

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Don’t Pay ASCAP, BMI For Hold Music. Do This Instead!

I recently answered a question at Yahoo! about using ASCAP and BMI music on hold. The question is about whether a music on hold provider can get the licensing arranged more cheaply, or if it would cost less to buy licenses directly from ACAP and/or BMI.

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