2. Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS)

[via HTTP]

The Library of Congress Online Catalog:

http://lcweb.loc.gov
http://www.loc.gov/catalog

[via telnet]

U.S. Congress:

- telnet://140.147.254.3
- telnet://locis.log.gov
- telnet://192.65.218.43

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3. Societies of Composers, Authors and Publishers:

RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America:

What's RIAA?

The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents
the U.S. recording industry. Our mission is to foster a business and legal climate
that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Our members
are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in
the world. RIAAź members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90%
of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States.

RIAA.com is also offering a search and database 4 "Gold and Platinum Awards"!

About music + song licensing

SOURCE: http://www.ascap.com/licensing/licensingfaq.html

FAQ: I want to record or videotape a song or record. Do I need permission, and how do I obtain it?

If you want to make copies of, or re-record an existing record, tape or CD, you will probably
need the permission of both the music publisher and the record label. A music publisher owns
the song (that is, the words and music) and a record company owns the "sound recording" (that
is, what you hear .. the artist singing, the musicians playing, the entire production).

If you plan to hire your own musicians and singers and create an original recording of a
copyrighted song, then you need the permission of only the music publisher.

ASCAP does not license recording rights. Recording rights for most publishers are
represented by the Harry Fox Agency:

Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
711 Third Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10017
Tel: (212) 370-5330
Fax: (212) 953-2384
www.nmpa.org/hfa.html

The name and address of the record company should appear on the record label.
The Recording Industry Association of America, a trade organization for record
labels, can provide you with more information on the rights of record labels.

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
1020 19th St. NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 775-0101
Fax: (202) 775-7253
http://www.riaa.com

Prince songs - recorded / released during his Warner Bros. contract (1978-1999) - are published
by Controversy Music and administrated by Warner Bros. Music Group / Universal Music
Publishing Group (see below for contacts).

All other releases (since 1997) are published by NPG Publishing (on NPG Records) and distributed
by BMG/ARISTA Company (only "Rave un2 the joy fantastic", 1999), EMI-Capitol Music Group (only
"Emancipation", 1997) or "Emancipated Music" (for "N.E.W.S.", 2003).
You can find more various publishing credits like "Emancipation Music" (used in 1997) or Ecnirp
Music, Girlsongs (Vanity, Apollonia 6 and Sheila E.), Parisongs (The Family and Madhouse), Tionna
Music (The Time), White Fox Publishing (Jill Jones) - however - Universal Music Publishing Group
is the correct publisher!

Publishers/Administrators:

CONTROVERSY MUSIC
c/o UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP
2440 SEPULVEDA BLVD.
SUITE 100
LOS ANGELES , CA, 90064
Tel. (310) 235-4700

W B MUSIC CORP
c/o WARNER BROS INC.
(WARNER BROS MUSIC DIV)
10585 SANTA MONICA BLVD
ATTN: JAY MORGENSTERN
LOS ANGELES , CA, 90025
Tel. (310) 441-8600

INTERNET: Universal Music Group Worldwide Directory

For information on licensing UMPG songs:

In The US Contact
Universal Music Publishing Group
Film and TV Department
2440 Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90064-1712
Phone: 1-310-235-4721
Fax: 1-310-235-4905
Email: licensing.umpg@umusic.com

In The UK
Phone: (011) 44 20 8752 2600

In Australia
Phone: (612) 9207 0500

In Sweden
Phone: (64 8) 629 5370

In France
Phone: (33 1) 44 41 94 00

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