Interesting. So, all musicians or bands covering a tune must get permission first or pay fees? Does that include if they cover a song in an encore or something too?
Adam's music might have to become my bastard red-haired step children then. David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Beware though that the US court system do not agree with the dog essay. > Adam did not write most of those songs and thus you will also need to > secure permission from the composer (or pay ASCAP fees or whatever the > procedure is for the kind of work you want to make). > > Longer reply coming in a day or two when I've had time & energy to wade > through the rhetoric analogies in that essay. > > - Andreas > > Den 02.07.2007 kl. 20:49 skrev David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Excellent. Much appreciated. > > > > I'll care for them and treat them as though they were made of the > > finest crystal. Maybe, on a hot summer evening, I might just call one > > of them Fred. > > > > David > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Quirk, Wreck & Salvage" > > <quirk@> wrote: > >> > >> Free as in liberty and the natural state of man, not price. They > > actually > >> cost $4.30 each. > >> > >> Them's just jokes. Use em as you see fit. I'd be honored to hear them in > >> your video, and those songs aren't mine to sell. > >> > >> On 7/2/07, David Howell <taoofdavid@> wrote: > >> > > >> > When you say "free lo-fi music by me", is that free as in I can use > >> > your music without remuneration to you? > >> > > >> > Not trying to sound like a prick. I like your tunes and could find use > >> > for them in a few videos I have planned. > >> > > >> > David > >> > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > >> > > >> > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Quirk, Wreck & Salvage" > >> > <quirk@> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Back in town, re-reading the Podtech v. Bui thread. I just want to > >> > talk a > >> > > little more about copyright and the "ownership" of art, as I felt > >> > compelled > >> > > to scratch Mr. Rice's mosquito bite about being "trollish" ;) I > >> > don't mean > >> > > to start an argument here, I just need to understand how people feel > >> > about > >> > > the things they are making, and I want you all to understand how > > I feel. > >> > > > >> > > A friend of mine wrote an essay on music a couple years ago > > called The > >> > > History of What My Dog Can't Hear: > >> > > > >> > > http://www.geartekcorporation.com/texts/essay2.html > >> > > > >> > > The essay is about changing the way we perceive music, and accepting > >> > it as > >> > > something that is not ownable: > >> > > > >> > > The ownership or authorship of anything is a deception, surely. But > >> > I take > >> > > > no issue with the ownership of objects in the world, like a broom > >> > or a drum > >> > > > for example. Music however, is a thing not in the world, and the > >> > present > >> > > > deception of its ownability places limits on our consciousness. My > >> > > > motivation here is not to sell iPods. If this near biblical > >> > manifesto-mill > >> > > > can be accused of having any agenda at all, it is merely to > > assist an > >> > > > already rising consciousness. Neither are these paragraphs > >> > commandments or a > >> > > > bugle call to what we need to realize or do. We didn't need to be > >> > able to > >> > > > hear tone in music or need to be aware of its color - it's just > >> > the way > >> > > > music is happening to us, rising on a path like the moon. Some > >> > astronomers > >> > > > can predict the path of the moon, and surely artists are those > >> > astronomers. > >> > > > I understand those who are skeptical or scoff at this as > > pompous and > >> > > > irrelevant. After all, when you look at the moon, the moon looks > >> > still. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > He feels the same way about music as I do about my videos, and at > >> > the end he > >> > > says, EXTRA CREDIT: Re-read this entire essay but replace the word > >> > "music" > >> > > with the word "images." > >> > > > >> > > Re-reading it I realized that I unconsciously lifted metaphor > >> > directly from > >> > > him. Blatant plagiarism! I've already informed him and a check is > >> > in the > >> > > mail. > >> > > > >> > > Because music is a matter of shifting consciousness and not worldly > >> > sound, a > >> > > > person can't claim to own or control music any more than they can > >> > claim to > >> > > > own or control a quadrant of mist over a lake. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > PS. Here is a free album of amazing midi-synthesizer and home-made > >> > > electronic instrument music by the author of that essay: > >> > > http://www.geartekcorporation.com/slowdudes/slowdudes.html > >> > > > >> > > And some free lo-fi music by me: > >> > > http://standards.bullemhead.com/ > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Adam Quirk > >> > > Wreck & Salvage > >> > > 551.208.4644 > >> > > Brooklyn, NY > >> > > http://wreckandsalvage.com > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Adam Quirk > >> Wreck & Salvage > >> 551.208.4644 > >> Brooklyn, NY > >> http://wreckandsalvage.com > >> > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen > <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > >
