NEW YORK, May 29 -- The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), a
leading U.S. music rights licensing organization, has added a Spanish
language section to its website, http://www.harryfox.com/espanol. HFA en Espanol
has answers to frequently asked questions regarding HFA and music
licensing, along with a direct email, esp@harryfox.com, which goes directly
to the company's Latin Licensing agents.
"HFA is aware of the significant demand for Spanish language recordings
in the U.S., and we have a dedicated team of licensing agents for the Latin
market who are fluent in Spanish and are ready to assist labels and
publishers with their mechanical licensing needs," said Gary Churgin,
President & CEO, HFA. "We will continue to develop our specific Spanish
language service as needed to best serve this market."
According to RIAA reports, almost 7% of CDs shipped in the U.S. in 2007
were in the Latin music genre, defined as having 51% of material in
Spanish. Mechanical licenses are required under U.S. Copyright Law if one
wants to duplicate and distribute a recording of a song that is owned by
someone else. U.S. mechanical licenses are also required for recordings
made abroad and imported into the country. Through proper licensing, the
publisher, and ultimately, the songwriter, are compensated for the use of
their work.
About HFA
Established in 1927 by the National Music Publishers' Association, HFA
represents over 35,000 music publishers for their licensing needs in the
United States, issuing licenses and collecting and distributing the
associated royalties. In addition to being the premier mechanical licensing
agent in the U.S., which includes CDs, ringtones, digital downloads,
interactive streams, limited downloads and more, HFA is dedicated to
finding new ways for its affiliates publishers to recognize value for their
catalogs, including lyrics and tablature. Further, HFA provides collection
and monitoring services to its publisher clients for music distributed and
sold in over 95 territories around the world. For more information about
HFA, or to become an affiliate publisher or a licensee, see
http://www.harryfox.com.
Songfile(R) is a registered trademark of The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. All
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