Just emailed COMPASS last night on the used of copyright songs for my wedding montage.
Heres what they says:
Dear Dan,
Thank you for your email.
1) Under the Copyright Act, permission must be obtained if you wish to reproduce any copyright song/sound recording in your photo/video montage. This applies regardless whether you have the original cd, instrumental, or you are just using an abstract, commercial/non-commercial, and whether you choose to do it yourself or with the help of professionals. The parties you need to approach for the reproduction clearance are the music publisher (who controls the musical work you want to use in your montage) and the record company (who owns the sound recording you seek to use). You have to check with them for the applicable charges.
2) There is normally no need for couples to seek a COMPASS permit to play music at functions in hotels, as most of these establishments have a licence with COMPASS covering copyright music played at events held in the hotel’s ballrooms/function rooms. In the event that the venue’s function room/ballroom is not licensed, then hirers would have to seek a separate ad hoc permit from COMPASS to play copyright music during the function. The applicable permit charges for wedding functions are as follow:
WEDDING FUNCTIONS
- $100 a day if band or karaoke entertainment is provided
- $50 a day if only background cd music is provided (i.e. no live band or karaoke)
However, I believe hotel have already purchased the relevant license for the use of your wedding songs and montage.
Check with your hotel on the details.
For mine, Concorde says they will be able to play the songs I provided to them including the wedding video montage.