The Plight of the Roma Europe's Unwanted People. More than 10 million Roma live in Europe. Tens of thousands of them are fleeing westwards from poverty and discrimination in the countries of southeastern Europe. But EU member states are failing to help them.
According to the Student Press Law Center's Guide to Music Licensing for Broadcasting and Webcasting, there's a longstanding myth that you can use up to 30 seconds of music in any way without fear of copyright infringement. Like many myths, this idea has at least a kernel of truth behind it, however poorly understood.
Any time you play music under copyright live or use recorded music in front of an audience-you need a performance license ! For recorded music even an additional neighbouring rights license in many countries (the number is growing see the copyright info for more on this).nly if this someone else-the composer-is dead for more than 50 years, you are probably no longer required to obtain permission, since the copyright expires after this time period and the music becomes public domain.