Commercial libraries have several methods for payment and there's no one wa=
y it's done.
There's a buyout library: You buy the CD's and use whatever's on them in pe=
rpetuity;
there's an annual license (I have one of these from Omnimusic for ongoing c=
able programming I do) for an unlimited number of uses of a fixed number of=
recordings for a fixed period of time; and
there's the "per drop" license (from the days where you dropped a phonograp=
h arm) where you pay a fixed price for each use.
There's also a distinction between broadcast (including cable, etc.) and no=
nbroadcast use.
Prices are all over the map. It depends on the project in which it will be =
used. Financially, mixed into the soundtrack of a Disney movie your recordi=
ngs are worth a lot more than part of an environmental documentary shown on=
ly in colleges. This customer requires a buyout. You only get paid once so =
you do have to charge more. Make clear you are not selling the recordings t=
hemselves just a license to use.
Good luck.
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