For video productions presenting your company, the recording rights must be cleared with the record company and synchronisation rights with the music publisher, while the performance rights must be cleared with TONO’s Media Department.
For those video productions featuring musical works, whose object is to promote a product or service (whether commercial or non-commercial) in order to boost sales, the recording rights must be cleared with the record company and synchronisation rights with the music publisher, while the performance rights must be cleared with TONO’s Media Department.
If the music is recognisable, the recording rights must be cleared with the record company, and the performance and synchronisation rights must be cleared with TONO.
Music used in a video production can be credited in the final credits. The following information must be included: The name of the musical work. The names of the originators. The name of the record company. The name of the music publisher.
Yes. All public use of music requires an agreement with TONO, regardless of how the music is played or the amount of music used. You will find a price list and details of how to enter into a TONO agreement at www.tono.no.
The TONO agreement gives customers complete liberty to play what they want – radio, streaming services, TV, CDs, etc. If you are thinking of purchasing a streaming subscription for companies, we recommend that you investigate whether the service actually lets the company play whatever it wants, including the well-known music you hear on the radio […]
No. When you take out a private subscription with a streaming service, you accept a number of terms and conditions. All the major streaming services state that their service is only for private use. There are special streaming services for companies wishing to play background music. These are not rights that TONO manages, and we […]
TONO does not charge a fee on its own account. Instead, TONO collects what music users owe to the music’s creators for the use of their intellectual property. By means of reciprocal agreements with corresponding collection societies worldwide, TONO manages the use in Norway of an almost global repertoire. When non-Norwegian music is used in […]
Yes. The law states that it is the person or entity that makes the music available for public consumption who must have permission to use it – and therefore pay the TONO charge. The concert organiser and performer are at liberty to come to their own arrangements regarding payment, for example a fixed fee or […]
Yes, the performer’s fee never covers the consideration due to the songwriter, which must be paid through TONO. The performer is paid to perform, but the organiser also makes use of the songwriter’s rights, and it is for the use of these rights that TONO is paid. In other words, the two payments are for […]