Question: Podcast Music Intro (Music Standard vs. Mass Reproduction)

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The language in these license agreements is extremely unclear concerning podcasts. I want to make sure I’ve got this straight.
I’m using one of the Audio logos for the Intro and Outro of a podcast. That’s one license purchase, I believe.

Music Standard License:
-One Year
-(and/or) 52 Episodes
-Limited to 10,000 downloads

Music Mass Reproduction License:
-Ongoing
-Unlimited Episodes(?)
-Unlimited Downloads

Does that look right?
So if I have a Standard License and end up with only 30 podcast episodes, but get over 10,000 downloads of those episodes, I would then need to upgrade to the Mass Reproduction license, correct?
Here’s what I’m really unclear on: does each episode count as its own End Product (meaning I’d have to purchase one license per episode)? Or is the podcast as a whole, including sequential episodes, counted as one End Product?

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Hello,

It seems you pretty much got it right!

All licenses on AJ are good for one end-product. The end product would be a single episode.

The series policy allows you indeed to use a single license for up to 52 episodes (or a year, whichever comes first).

If you get more than 10,000 downloads then you would have to upgrade your license for a Mass Reproduction license (best to contact support for this).

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Does the 52 episode limit still apply to the Mass Media Reproduction license?

Thank you so much for your response! I feel much better about all this already.

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The extension of coverage to up to 52 episodes provided by the series policy is uncorrelated to the type of license bought. So you can indeed invoke this policy with a Mass Reproduction License.

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Iiiiiinteresting. Okay, copy that; the Music Mass Reproduction license would have to be repurchased after 52 episodes, regardless of timespan or number of downloads.

You-da-man.

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Not sure I got that, but the episodes have to be released within one year of the first installment.

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So both licenses are only good for one year? Why is the word “ongoing” in the agreement for the Music Mass reproduction license?

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The licenses have no time restriction, they remain valid forever. It’s the series policy that has a one year validity period. Meaning, if you want to publish episodes of the series for which you have a license, more than a year after the first episode was published, you’ll need a new license.

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Ah, okay. So I’d have to get a new license for episode 53 and/or the episode which is published after the first year?

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That’s exactly right.

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Okay, cool.
Thank you for your patience and clarification! You’ve been extremely helpful.

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Cheers, glad I could help!