[linux-audio-user] Re: Legalities

[Kjetil S. Matheussen]

Bob van der Poel:
>
>
> Anyone know much about the legalities of posting music recorded by
> oneself, but written by someone else? I put up a few recordings on my
> web site, mostly as a demo of MMA ... but I got to wondering the other
> day if some nice lawyer is going to be knocking on my door? I'm not too
> worried since I do live in Canada, and the server is <somewhere in
> Europe>. But, still ... one has to wonder.
>

I don't know the laws, but I would be extremely surprised if this is 
illegal in Europe.


> In my case, I didn't write the music. But, I'm the "artist" (and
> recording engineer, etc.). And, I'm not selling anything. And, they are
> just demos.
>
> So, should I worry?

I wouldn't.

(In fact, I have a bunch of cover versions available for download myself, 
and no way am I going to remove them.)



> Should I take them down?
>

Please don't. It would be extremely unreasonable for anyone to demand that 
you should. You are a free person who should be able to express yourself 
the way you want. Unless the covers are hard to differ from 
the originals, I strongly oppose any idea that this is some kind of 
copyright infringement