No, they are 2 different outlets. When you license music, each license grants certain rights.

I own a music publishing company. Let's suppose someone wants to use our music in a commercial, program, film, etc. If that program is going to be on television, that will be one right they can license. If it is going to be shown in theaters, then that is an additional right they must license which will cost an additional fee. If it will be shown at film festivals, that is an extra right as well. Most publishers even divide up different types of television into different rights, for example "pay per view" is seperate from "cable television", which is seperate from "broadcast television" -- all seperate rights. I've even seen some publishers seperate "basic cable television" from "pay cable television" (premium channels).

What you have to understand is that we own the music and we have to right to demand whatever we want for the right of someone to use it. If they don't wish to use it, they don't have to and they can go elsewhere.

In the case of the Copyright Royalty Board does is set rates for certain things, as they think it is in the industry's best interest to have standard rates for some items instead of having to negotiate with each publisher seperately. Can you imagine the paperwork that would be involved if a radio station had to negotiate a license fee with each publisher for each piece of music they wanted to play?

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