30 Nov
2011
30 Nov
'11
2:33 p.m.
I think the rule of thumb is that if it's recognisable you can't use it without
breaching copyright.
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.
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.
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?
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:47:21 +0100
From: julien(a)mail.upb.de
To: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
Subject: [LAU] [slightly OT] Musical citation (what is allowed?)
Hello everyone!
I'd like to cite from a relatively recent work (1970), which of course is
still copyrighted. So can I do it per se? I'd just like to cite a main phrase
for a bit (2-4 bars) I suspect. any hints on that would be very much
appreciated.
Warm regards
Julien
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