Wedding video recording licence

Hi, the licences to cover music at the reception is to cover that being played by the DJ that is recorded and then put onto DVD or any music that you add to it yourself. I can't recommend not having a licence for this as I am a professional videographer who has to abide by a code of conduct and of course copyright laws. The venue won't ask to see your music licence so its a decision entirely for you to make whether you want to get a licence or not, I guess many people in this position wouldn't bother.

What I will say is that some venues may want to see a Public Liability Insurance Certificate which obviously your friends/family members won't have for filming purposes. For each wedding we flim we have to carry ours with us and/or provide the venue with it beforehand but again we are a professional business so it would therefore be expected. As for the worst thing that could happen is that your recorded DVD ends up in the wrong hands and you get a letter telling you that you are in breach of copyright laws and you get a certain amount of time to rectify thiseither by getting permission from the music owner or simply removing it off your DVD. Likelihood of this happening - probably remote but again the decision is yours. x

HTH

Hi

if you have wedding insurance you may wish to check your policy or call your company with the question. as i understand the thread, you might have already paid for the public liability.