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I think the rule of thumb is that if it's recognisable you can't use it without breaching copyright.<br><br>I know people used to say less than 7 notes or 2 bars is OK but that has proved a fallacy from court cases. I'm sure when I was at uni one case stated was of 4 notes, from a well known News theme/opening credits.<br><br>Also; pretty much every phrase/sequence of notes has been written and used many times. Find the same phrase from a classical piece, even if written for a completely different instrument, and claim you were inspired and translated it from that.<br><br>Isn't it Andrew Lloyd Webber people claim takes most of his music from old classic, compositing different pieces together with different instruments to original and then only the words are original?<br><br><div>> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:47:21 +0100<br>> From: julien@mail.upb.de<br>> To: linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org<br>> Subject: [LAU] [slightly OT] Musical citation (what is allowed?)<br>> <br>> Hello everyone!<br>> I'd like to cite from a relatively recent work (1970), which of course is <br>> still copyrighted. So can I do it per se? I'd just like to cite a main phrase <br>> for a bit (2-4 bars) I suspect. any hints on that would be very much <br>> appreciated.<br>> Warm regards<br>> Julien<br>> <br>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<br>> Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable;<br>> Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS!<br>> <br>> ====== Find my music at ======<br>> http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html<br>> .....................................<br>> "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day,<br>> so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Linux-audio-user mailing list<br>> Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org<br>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user<br></div> </div></body>
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