An Odd Question About Custom Fabrics

Actually, you don't need to be paying royalties (in Canada, anyway) but you must be able to produce original copies of the score and, in the case of dancers, have a DJ license. It is this license that pays for the royalties and gives you the right to play the song for 'profitable performance' as they consider competition to be. Every dance studio makes sure to have an up to date DJ license for this purpose. However, to sing in the park, garage, or wherever, does not require a license or royalties unless there is an admission charged! School bands can play the songs as many times as they like without paying an royalties (sorry to disappoint you, there) as long as they have proof of purchase of the musical score. That is why school performances don't charge admission! When the skating club wanted to put on a performance based on a Disney movie, they needed to get written permission from Disney - and that didn't cost them anything, except for the cost of the paperwork, but did take the better part of a year to process. The distinctions are made because too stringent an adherence to copyright of something like music can infringe on the more important right to "Freedom of Expression". Music is meant to be shared - God forbid to think of all the folk songs not able to be sung (or Christmas carols!) because some descendant somewhere 'owns' the copyright!

Cynthia

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I have always found that people's questions are answered quite well in this newsgroup - that is why I like it so much. Sometimes, however, my server doesn't download all the messages so I have to check different replies and 'follow back' on some of them to get a more complete thread. Several of us have answered Pete's question on the how-tos of the transfer process - but, because we truly do care about our fellow members, we added the cautions about copyright. We have all heard tale of some of the overzealous copyright enforcers (Vancouver being host to the 2010 Winter Olympics we're seeing a lot of silliness happening in BC right now!) that we are concerned about Pete. That is all.... Cynthia

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I would strongly advise that you check carefully. I was basing my comments upon what I *know* about performance copyright in the UK.

The fact that Disney waived the royalties does not mean that permission did not have to be sought - clearly it did - but that they chose not to demand payment.

"Freedom of Expression" has nothing to do with it. Folk and traditional music is not, by definition, dependant upon any copyright.

One must *always* assume an item is copyrighted if it originated in the U S of A, because copyright is automatic.

I believe the purchase of the sheet music can sometimes consitute the appropriate royalty.

I do know that when high schools put on plays, they have to pay royalties that are partly based on the fact that they are putting on the production and partly based on how many tickets are sold.

You obviously have not been the victim of intellectual property theft, or you wouldn't have such a cavalier attitude about it.

I had a four-year fight to stop someone from lifting things I wrote and posting them (under my name, my initials, or whatever) on their commercial web site that espoused philosophies I vehemently disagreed with in a manner that made it look like I was in support of their web site. This wasn't a matter of money, it was a matter of principle/reputation/whatever, and this web site owner was absolutely violating copyright law.

Actually, you are allowed so many measures total in the entire piece, but I can't remember any more how many that is.

Actually, quoting someone else on Usenet specifically falls under fair use.