sorry jurren but that's incorrect. in a piece of recorded music there are two copyrights:
1) the copyright in the sound recording (generally owned by the recording company) 2) the copyright in the musical work or composition (ultimately owned by the composer(s) who may be represented by a publisher) if you want to copy a song from a cd/vinyl to another medium you need to clear both copyrights. if you wanted to to cover a song (ie. just use the composition but not the recording) you only need the permission of the owner of the musical work. BUMA/STEMRA (NL), SACEM/SDRM (FR), BMI/ASCAP/SESAC/FOX (US), APRA/AMCOS (AUS), MCPS/PRS (UK) are composer based organisations - they have nothing to do with record company associations like RIAA (US), BPI (UK), ARIA (AUS). Typically the relationship between composers and record companies is adverserial. For record companies, payment to composers represents a leakage of profits and generally record companies will do everything they can to underpay composers for the use of their copyright works. you won't be able to license the use of singular sound recordings through associations like the RIAA. you will need to go directly to the label itself. the riaa may however offer 'blanket' licenses for the use of a whole heap of their sound recordings on a radio or tv station. on 2/2/04 1:06 AM, jurren baars at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Michael Elliot-Knight wrote: >> >> OK - so here's another question >> It's the Record Industry Association of America - which I then assume >> excludes UK, Japan, Euro, Oz, etc. labels so then, hypothetically, I could >> make a mix CD consisting solely of labels and artists from these countries >> and the RIAA then legally can't touch it because it has no jurisdiction >> over the content. > > no. > > the RIAA is the organisation that controls the copyrights in America, like > BUMA/STEMRA in the Netherlands or SECAM in France. this means that if you > use copyrighted material IN the US, you'll have to go through the RIAA to > get permission. if you use it in the Netherlands, you'll have to go through > BUMA/STEMRA. the RIAA, BUMA and others exchange their revenues, so in the > end every coppyright owner gets what he/she deserves. > > so even if you use - for example - pepe braddock's 'deep burnt' on a mix, > you have to license it through the RIAA, who in turn will make sure the > money goes to SECAM, who will give it to pepe or his recordcompany. > > jurren > > _________________________________________________________________ > Talk with your online friends with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/ >
