What service does SESAC provide?
SESAC represents songwriter’s and music publishers copyrighted works and their right under the Copyright Law to publically perform those works. SESAC acts as a clearinghouse between the copyright owners and those who wish to publically perform music. The Copyright Law of the United States defines a Public Performance as: “(1) to perform or display it at a place open to the public or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; or (2) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance or display of the work to a place specified by clause (1) or to the public, by means of any device or process, whether the members of the public capable of receiving the performance or display receive it in the same place or in separate places and at the same time or at different times.” Essentially anytime music is performed, played, broadcasted or otherwise communicated to the public a license is required. SESAC offers
