industriac Posted September 9, 2001 Share Posted September 9, 2001 I am very interested in doing a cover of my favourite classical piece "Pachabel's Canon." But, I am wondering is there any legal hurdles I have to go through if I want to release to song? Is the song considered public domain now, or would I have to pay some type of fee to the copyright holders? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS Posted September 10, 2001 Share Posted September 10, 2001 You should be fine. Copyrights last no longer than 100 years and in case of Pachabel, copyrights didn't even exist around his time, I think. If you play the music yourself, you've got nothing to worry about, but if you sample an exerpt from another recording, then you've got a problem. Mike This message has been edited by DOS on 09-09-2001 at 08:48 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Posted September 10, 2001 Share Posted September 10, 2001 Pachelbel's Canon is in the public domain. You can do whatever you want to it. Everyone else has. You might want to check out George Winston's version of it (on "December"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
industriac Posted September 11, 2001 Author Share Posted September 11, 2001 yea...i know that soooo many people have done covers of Canon in D. Ive heard some covers that totally butchered the song....sad. I remember trying to play the song a few years back, and the sheet music I had was pretty difficult. Considering this was about 4 years after I actually played and practiced piano. Ill have to whip it out to start getting ideas for my cover. I also DL the George Winston version of it, and two words come to mind, KICK ASS! I love the way he played it on the piano, sucsh smoooove playing. I dunno, but the name George Winston sounds sooo familiar...dunno why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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