Now thats a useful information..i will ask a lawyer here in croatia and report what i heard.
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 7:33 PM, martinwguy <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 November 2012 18:39, Francisco Vila <[email protected]> wrote: > >> and i transcribed (by ear) many scores i don't have rights for.. > >> > >> how do you handle this kind of staff.. > >> What are the laws related to such situations?! > > > > I think copyright laws are clear, regardless of whether you > > transcribed it by ear or photocopied it, you can not publish material > > you don't own the rights of. > > That's a simplistic play-it-safe position, but in reality copyright > laws are different in every country and cover different situations in > different ways. > > The term for derivative works of music that do not directly reuse > another person's performance, which includes cover versions and new > typesettings of sheet music, is "Mechanical license" and in the US you > have the right to do this, whether or not the owner of the copyright > of the original score or of a particular performance want you to or > not, on payment of a small fee that is calculateda according to some > tables ($15 per song + a cut of the profits, if any), managed through > a central agency. > > In other legal giurisdictions, different laws apply. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_license for further details. > > M > > No, I'm not a lawyer either. > -- *Nesmotren govori kao da mačem probada, a jezik je mudrih iscjeljenje. Izreke 12:18*
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