SAG-AFTRA rates https://globalvoiceacademy.com/sag-aftra-rates/

US Copyright Office: https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/index.html

Fair Use Best Practices: http://cmsimpact.org/codes-of-best-practices/ and http://cmsimpact.org/code/documentary-filmmakers-statement-of-best-practices-in-fair-use/

A Handy Checklist for Fair Use: https://copyright.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/Fair_Use_Checklist.pdf

An Article on the Tom Waits – Frito Lay Case: https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/20/business/singer-wins-frito-lay-case.html

An Article on the Bette Midler rights of publicity case: http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-24/entertainment/ca-4461_1_supreme-court

Rights Clearing Agents and Audio Agencies:

     www.rightsworkshop.com

     www.diamondtime.net

     http://www.themusicbridge.com/

     http://rightsflow.com/

     http://www.songclearance.com/

     http://www.jinglepunks.com/

     http://www.rumblefish.com/

Information on Licensing for Films in Festivals:

www.bmi.com/licensing/entry/festivals

www.ascap.com/music-users/licensefinder

Performing Rights Organizations:

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP): https://www.ascap.com

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI): https://www.bmi.com

SESAC (SESAC): https://www.sesac.com/

Other Helpful links:

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-licensing6.htm

https://www.pdinfo.com/

http://www.pdmusic.org/

http://www.ascap.com/licensing/termsdefined.html

https://www.ascap.com/help/ascap-licensing

Additional Licensing resources:

https://cdbaby.com/license-cover-song.aspx

https://www.easysonglicensing.com/default.aspx

https://www.sagaftra.org/production-center/contract/806/getting-started

An excellent overview of music from Arab countries exists at: https://al-bab.com/music-section/arab-music-introduction

South American music samples are available here: https://musicedmasters.kent.edu/music-from-world-cultures-south-america/

This children’s educational site does a good job of giving an overview of African styles and genres: https://www.allaroundthisworld.com/learn/africa-2/kinds-of-african-music/

This “getting to know the orchestra” clip from the Portland Youth Philharmonic is a helpful introduction to the sounds of western orchestral instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr-l2m8twX0

The podcast interview with James Gunn regarding his Guardians of the Galaxy scoring process can be found here: https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/the-treatment/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy

White papers and other useful information on spatial audio:

https://facebook360.fb.com/spatial-workstation/

https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/iis/en/doc/ame/Conference-Paper/BleidtR_SMPTE2014_Object-Based_Audio.pdf

https://www.techradar.com/news/first-look-sony-360-reality-audio

http://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/mpeghaa/papers/AES137_MPEG-H_v14_final.pdf

https://en-us.sennheiser.com/microphone-3d-audio-ambeo-vr-mic

https://www.roadtovr.com/sennheiser-magic-leap-unveil-ambeo-ar-one-spatial-audio-headphones/

http://www.speech.kth.se/prod/publications/files/1663.pdf

Youtube Captioning Hack with Michael Kammus: https://youtu.be/9nPH0EHXUhs

The American Council of the Blind keeps track of content being audio described and available through Amazon and Netflix – see our resources for the links at: http://www.acb.org/adp/amazonad.html and http://www.acb.org/adp/netflixad.html respectively.

“Why Movie and Television Producers Should Stop Using Copyright as an Excuse Not to Caption Song Lyrics” by John Stanton, UCLA Entertainment Law Review (2015): https://escholarship.org/content/qt4bd4n43d/qt4bd4n43d.pdf

For more excellent background on making videos accessible, we refer you to our industry colleague and thought leader Katie Hinsen, who researched this thoughtful article on this subject: https://blog.frame.io/2018/09/04/creating-video-for-blind-and-deaf/

Examples of videos with audio described by Dr. Joel Snyder:

The Color of Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9RFTKxZqkw&t=23s

The Empire Strikes Back: https://vimeo.com/304897720

Obama Video Christmas Card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywLWxuq3ozA&t=7s

Night of the Living Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7huY40uBajc&t=5s

“Lost Dog”-Budweiser Super Bowl commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNrmcB6rgew

“Shakira”-Activa Super Bowl commercial: https://vimeo.com/289315160

Popeye cartoon: https://vimeo.com/304908457

Chase Bank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedv0STU4x4

Other useful links and websites:

http://www.ncicap.org/about-us/history-of-closed-captioning/ (National Captioning Institute)

https://www.afb.org/default.aspx

http://www.acb.org/adp

http://www.ncicap.org/

https://www.nad.org/

https://dpan.tv/

http://www.johnlubotsky.com/deafcinema/

https://www.nad.org/2010/12/28/historic-nad-film-selected-for-preservation-by-library-of-congress/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hollywood-Speaks-Deafness-Entertainment-Industry/dp/0252068505/ref=sr_1_1/026-5247461-1693218?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190845188&sr=8-1

Note: Links were active at time of publication.