Unless you wrote and recorded the songs, you do not 'own' any of the tracks.

Generally speaking the rates are not covered by legislation, but by agreements between broadcasters and music publishers. Whether a track has a code or not, you still have to comply with copyright laws to use the track. ISRC codes have little to do with royalties. I wonder how a game like Guitar hero can sell on iPhone for as little as 0,99$ and then have 'in app purchases' for packs of 3 songs (for about 2 dollars) and make a profit (I imagine they will have to pay a ISRC royalty).ĭoes anyone of you have any idea of this can work or if there is a section in this forum where I can ask this question? I understand is not about coding but I think is about development of a game in the broader sense. I own some of the tracks composed and for this I think I won't have to pay a royalty (even if the track has an ISRC code) but for other tracks I just have a license 'to use'. As is my first indie project I have no idea on how I should deal with the royalties aspect of this because each track as an ISRC code and each time a track is played in public there is a fee to pay to the 'local' registration authority.Īn iPhone game it is downloaded and not played on air (or physically distributed), and hence I think there is a specific legislation for this that specifies how much one should pay. I am using tracks composed by musicians and I contacted them to sing a licensing contract. I am an indie game developer and I am doing a game similar to guitar hero.

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