*LOL*
Sending messages to ASCAP and Time Warner each time you hear someone
singing "Happy Birthday" surely will be a good way to show your respect
for the copyright.
I have dealt with GEMA before - I organized a recital for a visiting
american lute player. Although not one single protected work has been
performed GEMA asked for more than 300 bucks. (actually illegal IMO but
the process risk has been to high. Getting your right is something you
have been able to affort) Income has been less than 100 bucks. Needless
to say that I never arranged a recital by myself again.
Thomas
Am 21.10.2010 13:55, schrieb R. Mattes:
On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:41:51 +0200, wolfgang wiehe wrote
whatŽs about singing this song on a public place (toilette)?
is this copyright infringement?
;-)
Oh, so funny! Not.
Yes, unless you do it for yourself alone. Yes, IMHO copyright law is in
utterly insane. Have a look at
http://www.unhappybirthday.com/
or the wikipedia article about that song. But the sad fact is: peolpe had
to pay after performing this song in public.
BTW, it's not Yoko collecting the fees, it's most likely some copyright fee
collection agency like the ascap or GEMA for you in Germany.
If you ever had an encounter with GEMA's collecting department you know what
to expect.
Cheers, Ralf Mattes
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Datum: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:36:46 +0200
Von: "anthony.chalkley"<[email protected]>
An: [email protected]
Betreff: [LUTE] Re: In My Life Copyright Issue What is Copyright Infringement?
Shouldn't worry too much Tom. Yoko didn't even know Lennon would have been
70 this year - can't imagine she knows any of the songs she didn't howl
on....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guitar& Lute"<[email protected]>
To:<[email protected]>
Cc:<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:27 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: In My Life Copyright Issue What is Copyright
Infringement?
Hi Tom,
Just to help you out here since apparantly you have your idea of what
copyright law is, here is a link and a quote from the US copyright
office.
"What is copyright infringement?
As a general matter, copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted
work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or
made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright
owner."
See it yourself,
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-definitions.html
Allan
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