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Re: help with soundtrack
Dan Heimsoth 2007-Apr-02 17:10:00
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
--- In #removed#, "bruce_hemming" <bruce@...> wrote:
>
> My contribution will be a vaguely humourous interpretation of the
theme and it partly
> depends on a sound track to accompany the pano. It is a song called
"smoke, smoke, smoke
> that cigarette" and the only copy I have been able to find is from a
country and western
> compilation album so I can't find out who the artist is.
>
> With copyright considerations in mind I wonder if anyone can help me
out - or if any of you
> know the song and are musically talented then a qick and dirty
rendition of the first verse
> sent to me would be a nice collaboration.
>
> Answer of list if you can help in anyway!
>
> Many thanks
>
> Bruce
>