Can I make my own lead sheets to use when performing even though the
chords, melody and lyrics are identical to those in a copyrighted work such
as The Real Book or other published source? (This would be "for convenience"
rather than having to carry around half a dozen books.) If so, should I also
reproduce the copyright statement from those publications on each particular
lead sheet?
I often see other performers carrying their "book" to gigs. Those I've
glanced at (by permission) appear to be hand-written, and appear to have no
copyright information. I presume that, in many cases, these are special
arrangements for that particular performer. But in other cases, I'm quite
sure they are, at a minimum, a "reverse engineered" (by ear) lead sheet and,
in many cases, simply hand-copied from some other source.
Has anyone spoken with a copyrights attorney to get a definitive answer?
What's legal versus what is common practice?
TIA for the nuggets of hard knowledge to be whipped up in the maelstrom
of opinion that is sure to follow. ;-)
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Ed Skinner, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.flat5.net/
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