After the Term of a Library Agreement Ends

[rkneumann]

Hi Everyone, I’m new to the forum and new to to music libraries in general. Thank you in advance for any insight.
My question is this:
Once the term of an agreement has ended with a particular library (non-exclusive or exclusive) and an aritst/songwriter is no longer with that specific library, but a song of their’s was placed by that library in a film and is now in the film “in perpetuity”…Would this prevent the songwriter from signing a non-exclusive or exclusive agreement with a different library with that same song?

[Art Munson]

Coming from a non-exclusive library to another non-exclusive library, probably not. If coming from on exclusive library (or non-exclusive) to an exclusive, then it would depend on the terms in the contracts of the exclusive libraries.

[rkneumann]

Thank you Art for your quick reply! Much appreciated!

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