SONGS UNDER RESTRICTIVE LICENSES Certain musical works included in Sita Sings the Blues, listed below, are subject to restrictive licenses. This is not by my choice; it is the result of retroactive copyright term extensions that I had no say in. As required by the respective copyright holders, these licenses only allow you to listen to these songs in the context of the original film. Below are links to a cue sheet, followed by a chart containing a full list of restricted songs and their composers, along with each song's license holder today. If you're distributing the songs yourself (for example by making your own DVDs of Sita Sings the Blues), you should also take a look at our Total Compliance chart — many small amounts of money must be sent to many different licensing agencies, to keep the gears of culture grinding smoothly. Remember, we are all lubricants.

Sita Sings the Blues Cue Sheet!
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Total Compliance!

You are free to duplicate and even sell DVDs of Sita Sings the Blues. However, the song licensors require additional payments per 5,000 DVDs sold. If you sell 5,000 DVDs, you must pay them according to the chart below (multiply each amount by 5,000). But what if you just make a few DVDs, or just one? Well, you too can comply 100% with the law. We've broken down the royalties to their per-unit amounts. Just write and send a check for every Sita Sings the Blues DVD you sell.

To determine how much to send the song licensors, you must determine where you are selling the DVD in question: The United States, Canada, British Territories, or the World. Choose the corresponding column and pay ONLY THE AMOUNT IN THAT COLUMN. Do NOT use more than one column - according to particle physics, a DVD can only be in one place at a time (this is a rare instance of copyright law corresponding to the Laws of Physics).

NOTE: If you examine this chart carefully, you'll notice everything doesn't add up to 100%. That's because these "rights" have been traded and divided up so many times, for so long, even the "owners" can't agree on how much they "own." Of our shared culture.

Sita Total Compliance Chart (per single DVD) — pay ONLY ONE column amount:

		Send this amount per DVD if you're...
Licensor (make check to)	Address (send check to)	in the US	in Canada	in British Territories	anywhere else in the World	Which songs?
WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC.	10585 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025-4950	$0.938	$1.050	$0.687	$1.050	Am I Blue 100% Here We Are 100% EX BRTs 50% I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling 100% (EX BRTs 66.67%) Lover Come Back To Me 100% World (EX 50% US and EX 50% BRTs) Moanin’ Low 100% (excl 50% of US) If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) 100% World Ex 75% US and Ex 25% BRTs Who’s That Knockin’ At My Door 100% World Ex BRTs
EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED	27 Wrights Lane London W8 5SW	$0	$0	$0.175	$0	Here We Are 50% BRTs
SONY ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING	8 Music Square West Nashville, TN  37203	$0.300	$0.300	$0.300	$0.300	Daddy Won't You Please Come Home? 100% What I Wouldn’t Do For that Man 100%
SONGWRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA	209 Tenth Avenue South Ste. 321 Nashville, TN  37203	$0.05	$0	$0	$0	Mean to Me - ?%* If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) 33.33 (US Only)/16.66 (World)
WILLIAMSON MUSIC	229 West 28th Street New York, NY  10001	$0.225	$0.150	$0.150	$0.150	Lover Come Back To Me 50% US only The Song Is Ended 100%
CROMWELL MUSIC, INC.	266 West 37th Street 17th Floor New York, NY 10018	$0.068	$0	$0	$0	Mean to Me 45% (US Only)
MEMORY LANE MUSIC GROUP	501 Seventh Ave., Ste. 512 New York, NY 10018	$0.041	$0.041	$0.041	$0.029	Mean to Me 27.50% (US, BRTs and Canada only)/19.25% (World)
BUG MUSIC	7750 Sunset Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046	$0.09	$0.04	$0.04	$0.04	Mean to Me 27.5% World If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) 33.34 (US Only) = 16.67% of the world fee

 

Now here's the same chart, with the amounts to pay per 5000 DVDs:

Sita Total Compliance Chart (per 5000 DVDs)  — pay ONLY ONE column amount:

		Send this amount per 5000 DVDs if you're...
Licensor (make check to)	Address (send check to)	in the US	in Canada	in British Territories	anywhere else in the World	Which songs?
WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC.	10585 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025-4950	$4690.0	$5250.00	$3435.00	$5250.00	Am I Blue 100% Here We Are 100% EX BRTs 50% I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling 100% (EX BRTs 66.67%) Lover Come Back To Me 100% World (EX 50% US and EX 50% BRTs) Moanin’ Low 100% (excl 50% of US) If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) 100% World Ex 75% US and Ex 25% BRTs Who’s That Knockin’ At My Door 100% World Ex BRTs
EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED	27 Wrights Lane London W8 5SW	$0	$0	$875.0	$0	Here We Are 50% BRTs
SONY ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING	8 Music Square West Nashville, TN  37203	$1500.0	$1500.0	$1500.0	$1500.0	Daddy Won't You Please Come Home? 100% What I Wouldn’t Do For that Man 100%
SONGWRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA	209 Tenth Avenue South Ste. 321 Nashville, TN  37203	$250.0	$0	$0	$0	Mean to Me - ?%* If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) 33.33 (US Only)/16.66 (World)
WILLIAMSON MUSIC	229 West 28th Street New York, NY  10001	$1125.0	$750.0	$750.0	$750.0	Lover Come Back To Me 50% US only The Song Is Ended 100%
CROMWELL MUSIC, INC.	266 West 37th Street 17th Floor New York, NY 10018	$340.0	$0	$0	$0	Mean to Me 45% (US Only)
MEMORY LANE MUSIC GROUP	501 Seventh Ave., Ste. 512 New York, NY 10018	$205.0	$205.0	$205.0	$145.0	Mean to Me 27.50% (US, BRTs and Canada only)/19.25% (World)
BUG MUSIC	7750 Sunset Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046	$450.0	$200.0	$200.0	$200.0	Mean to Me 27.5% World If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) 33.34 (US Only) = 16.67% of the world fee