It seems surprising to me that ASCAP would be unhappy with IMSLP, so I searched for a controversy between ASCAP and IMSLP but did not find it. Do you have a link?
What I did find was the answer to my question. A handful of composers with BMI or ASCAP affiliation offer their sheets on IMSLP, and the relevant licensing agreement is used by all of them. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, June 13, 2012 11:34 am, Robert Patterson wrote: > > 1. Can anyone point me to boilerplate legalese on the web for a > > commissioning contract? I suppose I see a bunch on Google, but if there > is > > one out there that this list recommends, I'd like to know about it. > > The American Music Center had a boilerplate for a while. They're changed > names > and locations and so I can't find it instantly. > > > 2. I am considering uploading much of my sheet music to IMSLP. Given my > > situation in life and career, I think my strategy should be to maximize > > performance/recording royalties rather than attempt to monetize access to > > the sheet music. If there are others on this list who have done the > same, I > > am wondering which Creative Commons (based) license you chose on the > IMSLP > > site. I don't mind free distribution of the sheets, perhaps even into a > > for-profit anthology, provided I retain all rights to performance and > > recordings, and provided I am always credited on the sheet music. > > Can't help you with the CC ... Right now with ASCAP grumbling about it, I'm > not sure how they'd handle the royalty issue. Thanks for the idea, though. > I'll also look into it. > > Dennis > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
