mreiner Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 just wondering if anyone knew the laws on arranging a traditional song. sittin on top of the world is the song i need info on. i checked the harry fox site but it seems everyones got credit for their version. what differentiates them and if you arrange it in your own fashion are u clear? thanks for any info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXAGON Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 I'm not very expert, but i think that if a song is REALLY tratidional (i mean: today almost every song has been aquired by someone, so what you thought was traditonal, in fact is no more free). But if it's really proven traditional, it can be arranged many times, and no one have to pay to no one. Features Are Not An Opinion. (John Hope, 2003) http://johnhope.blogspot.com/ Addresse: UIPLPPICDSS Ufficio Internazionale Per La Presa Per Il Culo Dei Sbruffoni Statunitensi Att. Tua Sorella Codice Mavapigliatelindomo Pirla Chi Legge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXAGON Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Or maybe it is different depending on the land... Features Are Not An Opinion. (John Hope, 2003) http://johnhope.blogspot.com/ Addresse: UIPLPPICDSS Ufficio Internazionale Per La Presa Per Il Culo Dei Sbruffoni Statunitensi Att. Tua Sorella Codice Mavapigliatelindomo Pirla Chi Legge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovepusher Sly Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 If the song is in the [b]Public Domain[/b] you don't have to pay for a license. Sly :cool: Whasineva ehaiz, ehissgot ta be Funky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly Nightshade Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Cream's version credits Chester Burnett, who I believe was Howling Wolf. A WOP BOP A LU BOP, A LOP BAM BOOM! "There is nothing I regret so much as my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?" -Henry David Thoreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 This is where we need a music industry attorney. Anything listed as traditional has NO copyright because there is no author. Question IS, is the arrangement copyrightable? I would post this question in the [url=http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=13]Studio Biz Forum[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_dup3 Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 As Groovepusher Sly said, if it's PD there's no longer a copyright (& all songs/music eventually go into Public Domain). Per Wewus, [i]new[/i] arrangements of PD songs [i]are[/i] copyrightable. & while I'm not absolutely sure of this, I think that if you [i]completely[/i] re-arrange a copyrighted tune, [i]that new arrangement[/i] is copyrightable, though, of course, you still must pay the song's publisher/copyright holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Public domain is definitely fair game, and new arrangements of public domain songs can have a copyright. Performances of public domain songs can have a SR copyright as well (for that particular recording). Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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