At least in Brazilian law, and in some others I know, as long as you are not making a profit by using someone else's work - like playing a tune or sharing it with like-minded friends - there is no illegal conduct involved. It falls under fair use, I think the proper term is that.
Unless some of these tunes are part of a easily available printed collection (most aren't), I see no problem in sharing it with people that have no intention at all of making money out of them. If you intend to record a CD, go to the copyright holder and talk about royalties, but to play with friends and all, what is the problem?? Augusto On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:33 PM, DEREK LOFTHOUSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am at work so i dont have the books here to check, but the 2nd > Blowzabella tune book says something to the effect of 'please feel free to > play our tunes, but credit us and something about royalties if you are > making money off of them'. > I think most people writing music in the 'trad' world are just happy to > have their tunes played. I've been to workshops with Gilles Chabenat and he > mainly works on his own tunes, so i think he is more than happy to see > people play them > > hope this helps a little > > derek > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Simon Wascher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:26 am > Subject: Re: [HG] Music > To: [email protected] > > > Hello, > > > > >
