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I have seen copyrightd songs used in almost all the wedding videography companies. It seems that nothing is going to happen to these guys. I am sure that the producers and/or composers of the songs are aware of this, then, why is that nothing happens to those who use those songs?
Take a look at this:

http://soundblog.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!D380EA83E108537F!2497.entry

If the song was added by the producer of the video, it needs a license. Almost all modern music has licenses available at Harry Fox Agency, so i would think that reputable videographers take advantage of that.

If the song was a part of the ceremony that was captured by the videographer, then that is just documentation of an actual event. the production royalties should have been paid by the venue, but most composers exempt non profit performance such as weddings.

the rub comes in the recording of the music. that is where the RIAA comes in. if you take music off a CD that was purchased at a store, then that is not allowed. There are 2 ways around this, one is to use production music CDs. These are special recordings made by independent labels and licensed for the specific purpose of videos. The other, which i am not certain is legal, the videographer includes the store CD with the video, so the argument is the video music just came from the client owned CD.

I have a wedding videography company and I was wondering if I have to charge sales tax. Someone told me that services industries do not have to charge sales tax.

Entirely depends on your state. Just check your state revenue office’s website. They should have a list of things that require sales tax to be collected for and what rate.