Music speaks to the heart. Music also plays an important role in thousands of businesses—from radio, television and cable broadcasts, to streaming music over the internet, to live and recorded music used in restaurants, hotels and retail stores. BMI Licensing clears the performing rights for thousands of business which rely on music to entertain customers and increase profits.

What does this mean for your business? BMI saves you money! BMI represents more than 375,000 creators of music, the songwriters, composers and publishers of more than 6.5 million musical works! Licensing makes the process simple, easy and cost-effective to obtain the musical clearance you need. Through a BMI license agreement you gain access to our creators’ musical works, thus saving you the time and expense of clearing the performing rights with each and every copyright owner. Click here to learn about Mechanical and Synchronization Rights.

Copyright owners give BMI permission to license performances of their works, and BMI generates fees on their behalf from businesses which use their music. This permits thousands of music users to work with thousands of music creators from around the world through one organization. From Argentina to Zaire, BMI has reciprocal agreements with more than 70 nations to clear international copyrights from composers across the globe. Additionally, BMI can now cover its customers’ Internet transmissions to more than two dozen countries around the world. Click here to visit our International section.

In this section you will find information, on licensing on-line, specific ways to use music to benefit your business, how to contact your licensing representative, and the services which BMI Licensing offers our customers.

We look forward to doing business with you!