Which license is used for the use of the sound recording?

Which license is used for the use of the sound recording?

• A. Blanket License
• B. Master Use License
• C. Synchronization license
• D. Derivative_Work_License

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is understanding who grants permission to use the actual recorded performance. The master use license is the permission from the owner of the sound recording’s master (usually the record label) to use that specific recording in a project, such as a film, TV show, advertisement, or online video. Without this license, you’re not legally allowed to play or distribute that exact recording, even if you have rights to the song itself. A blanket license, by contrast, covers broad public-performance rights for a catalog of works in a venue or platform, not the use of a particular recording in a specific project. A synchronization license is needed if you’re pairing the music with moving images (like film or a video ad), but it’s about syncing the music to video and typically involves separate rights related to the composition as well as the master. A Derivative Works license isn’t the standard term for using a recording itself; creating a remix or another derivative would require permission to use the master and, for the underlying composition, a separate license as appropriate. So the license used for the use of the sound recording itself is the master use license.

The main idea here is understanding who grants permission to use the actual recorded performance. The master use license is the permission from the owner of the sound recording’s master (usually the record label) to use that specific recording in a project, such as a film, TV show, advertisement, or online video. Without this license, you’re not legally allowed to play or distribute that exact recording, even if you have rights to the song itself.

A blanket license, by contrast, covers broad public-performance rights for a catalog of works in a venue or platform, not the use of a particular recording in a specific project. A synchronization license is needed if you’re pairing the music with moving images (like film or a video ad), but it’s about syncing the music to video and typically involves separate rights related to the composition as well as the master. A Derivative Works license isn’t the standard term for using a recording itself; creating a remix or another derivative would require permission to use the master and, for the underlying composition, a separate license as appropriate.

So the license used for the use of the sound recording itself is the master use license.