---
title: "Map the public-performance rights an event uses"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law/map-the-music-licences-an-event-or-venue-needs/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A39-D20261018-4-US"
practice_area: "Sports & Entertainment Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Map the public-performance rights an event uses

> From the event papers, list each music use the papers describe as live, recorded or streamed, the work if named, and the page. Do not name a licence or a collecting society.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law/map-the-music-licences-an-event-or-venue-needs/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Sports & Entertainment Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the event papers, list each music use the papers describe as live, recorded or streamed, the work if named, and the page. Do not name a licence or a collecting society. |
| What the lawyer must review | 17 U.S.C. § 106(4) gives the owner the exclusive right, for musical works among others, to perform the copyrighted work publicly. Section 106(6) gives the owner of a sound recording the exclusive right to perform that recording publicly by means of a digital audio transmission. Both are subject to §§ 107 through 122. You decide which right each use implicates and whose licence the event needs. The list does not choose the licensor. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Map the music licences an event or venue needs](https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law/map-the-music-licences-an-event-or-venue-needs.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the event papers, list each music use the papers describe as live, recorded or streamed, the work if named, and the page. Do not name a licence or a collecting society.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A live performance of a song and a digital transmission of a recording are different rights under § 106(4) and § 106(6).
- Venue exemptions and statutory licences sit in §§ 107 through 122. Open the section before you treat a use as exempt.

## Sources

- [17 U.S.C. § 106 (exclusive rights in copyrighted works)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [17 U.S.C. § 201 (ownership of copyright)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/201) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*