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Re: help with soundtrack
bruce_hemming 2007-Apr-03 13:14:00
--- In #removed#, "Dan Heimsoth" <heimsoth@...> wrote:
>
> IANAL and this is DEFINITELY not legal advice or anything close to it,
> but I think you might want to look more closely at "copyright
> considerations". In addition to the copyright for a recording of a
> specific performance, there is also a seperate copyright for a
> composition. Even your own recording of your own performance would
> require a "mechanical license" from the holder of the composition
> copyright. And that would only cover distribution of audio-only
> copies. If you want to create an audio-video presentation using the
> composition (like a soundtracked QTVR), a "synchronization license" is
> required. I only spent a little time looking into this topic, but I
> quickly concluded that using copyrighted music on a web site is more
> trouble than it's worth.
>
> Dan
>
Thanks to all who responded to my original request - I had always thought that it was a
very early recording and that the composition would have been out of copyright and
consequently could have been used, but that is not the case as the composer only died in
1983.
Looks like it will have to be a silent entry :-(
Thanks again for the help.
Bruce