Re: Recording and selling DVDs of dance recital - music rights

[Jason Mechelke] "So what if you were paid to record the recital and then gave away the DVD's? You're being paid for one service but not the distribution service?

I'm guessing it would be splitting hairs, but I thought it might be an interesting question.
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The fact is, the "damage is done" when you edit and/or otherwise "prepare" the DVD material, and then issue (paid or not) a DVD with the audio on it.

The production that you do (shooting the video, recording the audio and "combining them" for playback) involves "synchronization rights."
It means that you owe a copyright fee for "syncing" the copyrighted audio to your video.

That is a separate and distinct issue from the "duplication rights" of the music (which will ALSO be involved when you make copies.)