Public performance rights – ClearOne Digital Media User Manual

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. The right to use legally acquired content on the electronic platform or device of the

consumer’s choice.

. The right to translate legally acquired content into comparable formats.

. The right to use technology in order to achieve these rights.

USING TECHNOLOGY “Properly”

ClearOne is the manufacturer of equipment designed to distribute information or
entertainment content via electronic media for the sole purpose of engaging in the
reasonable, personal, and noncommercial performance of copyrighted works that the
consumer has legally acquired. ClearOne StreamNet equipment is designed and intended
for installation within a single private facility and is not designed nor intended to be installed
in a way that would provide a means to publicly perform copyrighted music without the
express prior permission of the copyright owner or their agents.

If an individual or group wishes to utilize StreamNet equipment in a way which could infringe
on copyrights, they must first contact the following organizations and make arrangements to
avoid being in violation of the law.

ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) http://www.ascap.com/
Established since 1914, ASCAP has over 30,000 members and is owned, and run, by its
membership.

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) http://www.bmi.com/ Established in 1940 and has a
membership of about 65,000 songwriters and publishers who are referred to as Affiliates.
BMI is owned by 500 radio and television stations

SESAC (SESAC, Inc) http://www.sesac.com/ SESAC is a privately held organization the
smallest of the three performing rights societies.

Churches should contact Christian Copyright Licensing International at http://www.ccli.
com/ for license and information on how to compensate song writers for music performed in
religious services.

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StreamNet Digital Media and System Design Reference Guide

Public Performance Rights