Music Publishers Agree to Allow Educational Use of Copyrighted Music
- Performances can only be shared for educational assessment or state adjudication purposes.
- Performances must be shared in as private of a setting as possible and must be viewable only by an individual link.
- The recorded performance must use legally purchased music.
- Any arrangements made shall have proper permissions secured prior to recording.
- Once the recorded performance has been adjudicated, it must be deleted from the sharing platform.
- Alfred
- Barnhouse
- Hal Leonard
- Warner-Chappell Music
- Warner Entertainment
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About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and performing arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and performing arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 17 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,800 high schools and 12 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 7.8 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; offers online publications and services for high school coaches and officials; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, speech and debate coaches, and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org.