Music
Case study example | EMI and the estate of Terry Frost
The Chemical Brothers selected a work of Frost’s for the cover artwork of their 2021 single ‘The Darkness That You Fear’.
Frost’s work ‘Things to Come’ 1978, was licensed by EMI for reuse for the single cover artwork, released 2 years ahead of the 2023 album ‘For That Beautiful Feeling’.
DACS set up the artwork image licensing agreement between EMI and the estate of Terry Frost.
Other use cases for artwork licensing in the music sector
These include:
- live shows
- music videos
- interview backdrops
- events
- marketing and promotional material
- merchandising