At 08:57 AM 10/9/02, Chris Norloff wrote: >Copyright has a grand purpose, but it loses its appeal if used to prevent >works based on it.
There is no copyright prohibition on derivative works, but the royalties, in part, accrue to the original composer, as they should. If you wrote a song, and someone came along later and wrote a parody of it, or new lyrics based on your melody, it would still be your creative work, and you should be compensated accordingly. If these rules had been in effect when A. P. Carter 'gathered' all the those songs, then the original composers would have gotten the money they were due. Instead, they got nothing. What is fair about that? ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
