IMLA and BMI, both interested parties in seeking resolve to compliance issues, negotiated this agreement so that local governments would benefit from one license covering all local government entities’ music uses rather than signing separate licenses for each use of music. BMI also gives you the option to license on any of BMI’s single use licenses that are specific to your type of music use.
You may choose one of the two options below to license music for your municipality:
1. License multiple types of music usage under the BMI/IMLA Music License. For example, if your municipality uses music at a festival, a skating rink, in an airport, and at trade shows, you could cover all these different types of music usage with one BMI/IMLA Music License;
2. License single uses of music under a BMI license for that specific type of music use. For example, if your municipality uses music at a festival and a skating rink you could cover this type of music use with BMI’s Festival Music License and BMI’s Skating Rink Music License.