Norway is in the midst of a serious crisis that has led to the cancellation of concerts, church services and other events where people gather. Many people are now looking to live stream music performances online and on social media. This is how you relate to TONO.
/ 16/03/2020 / Willy MartinsenNOTE! The text below was posted on March 16, 2020 to meet a precarious and situation-dependent information need. This information text has now been replaced by a more comprehensive and thorough document published on TONO's website on March 30, 2020. Please visit the following page for relevant information about live music broadcasts online. https://www.tono.no/tono-guiden-for-direktesending-av-musikk-pa-nett/
The Copyright Act gives authors the exclusive right to make their music available. Through membership in TONO, individual composers, lyricists and music publishers choose to entrust TONO with giving their consent for use. In principle, all public performances of the music managed by TONO must be licensed according to our ordinary tariffs.
Over the weekend, a number of idealistic initiatives have emerged to broadcast live concerts with Norwegian artists and musicians. The measures come as a response to the crisis Norway is facing, which has meant that artists and musicians are unable to carry out planned concerts.
Live broadcasting and streaming of protected music should in principle licensed by TONO in each individual caseIn this special situation for Norway, however, we have chosen to consider these idealistic live-streamed concerts as licensed under the agreement TONO has with Facebook. The same applies to live broadcasts and streaming on YouTube.
We would like to clarify that this applies to the idealistic initiatives we have seen emerge. Any commercialization of live/streamed concerts will of course require agreements with TONO in the ordinary manner.
The need to avoid large gatherings of people also affects church services and other religious gatherings. Live broadcasting/streaming of such events is also a type of music use that TONO normally licenses.
Nevertheless, in the situation Norway is currently in, TONO's position is that the most important thing is that the congregations that now want to start live broadcasting their church services do so, and then we will take care of the formalities later.
The last service held may be available for one week until the next service is made available.
If the congregations wish to continue such an offer even when the crisis is over, it will be natural for them to have their streaming offers licensed by TONO in the ordinary manner.
Streamed services should be reported to TONO in the usual way, but marked CORONA LIVE STREAMING. The services will then be billed in the normal way.
If you have any questions beyond this, please contact us. Call TONO's Online media department on 22 05 72 00 or by sending an email to online@tono.no.
(The section on religious services was updated on March 16 at 19:45 PM to clarify that the third sentence of the section deals with new measures that now arise as a result of the extraordinary situation the country finds itself in)