Page Text: The use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) to restrict this work is
prohibited
strongly discouraged, because it's evil; but I won't sue anyone because of it. I might publicly criticize it though.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, certain musical works included in the soundtrack are subject to different, more restrictive licenses. See below for details.
SONGS UNDER RESTRICTIVE LICENSES
Certain musical works included in Sita Sings the Blues, listed below, are subject to restrictive licenses. This is not by my choice; it is the result of retroactive copyright term extensions that I had no say in.
As required by the respective copyright holders, these licenses only allow you to listen to these songs in the context of the original film. Below are links to a cue sheet , followed by a chart containing a full list of restricted songs and their composers, along with each song's license holder today.
If you're distributing the songs yourself (for example by making your own DVDs of
Sita Sings the Blues
), you should also take a look at our Total Compliance chart — many small amounts of money must be sent to many different licensing agencies, to keep the gears of culture grinding smoothly. Remember, we are all lubricants.
(See the Total Compliance chart for more details.)
Sita Sings the Blues Cue Sheet!
download .xls
Total Compliance!
You are free to duplicate and even sell DVDs of Sita Sings the Blues. However, the song licensors require additional payments per 5,000 DVDs sold. If you sell 5,000 DVDs, you must pay them according to the chart below (multiply each amount by 5,000). But what if you just make a few DVDs, or just one? Well, you too can comply 100% with the law. We've broken down the royalties to their per-unit amounts. Just write and send a check for every Sita Sings the Blues DVD you sell.
To determine how much to send the song licensors, you must determine where you are selling the DVD in question: The United States, Canada, British Territories, or the World. Choose the corresponding column and pay ONLY THE AMOUNT IN THAT COLUMN. Do NOT use more than one column - according to particle physics, a DVD can only be in one place at a time (this is a rare instance of copyright law corresponding to the Laws of Physics).
NOTE: If you examine this chart carefully, you'll notice everything doesn't add up to 100%. That's because these "rights" have been traded and divided up so many times, for so long, even the "owners" can't agree on how much they "own." Of our shared culture.
Sita Total Compliance Chart (per single DVD) — pay ONLY ONE column amount:
Send this amount per DVD if you're...
Licensor