There are standard licensing agreements for this kind of stuff and no permission is needed as long as you pay. In the case of music being covered by a live band it is to the best of my knowledge the venue who is paying the licensing fees (in Denmark, don't know about the US) to the appropriate organization.
- Andreas Den 03.07.2007 kl. 15:59 skrev missbhavens1969 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well, I was under the impression that musicians/bands covering a tune > for a recording would certainly need permission on the assumption that > money would be made from the sale of the album. > > But every band in every live concert I've ever seen has done at least > one cover (always my favorite part of a show...you can't judge a book by > it's cover but you CAN judge a band by it's covers) and I can't imagine > they sought permission first. > > Oh well. There must be some sort of "if you're already famous you can do > a cover of my famous song" clause. > > In the meanwhile, I'm going to brush up on my piano skills. I've always > wanted to use "Song for a Future Generation" by the B-52s. Perhaps I'll > cover that. > > bekah > > ps: David, my fiancee informs me that we no longer say "bastard > red-headed step children". The more accepted term is "Gingers". > > ; ) > -- > http://www.missbhavens.com > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> 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" >> solitude@ 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 taoofdavid@: >> > >> > > 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/ > >> > >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ >
