10 Mar
2007
10 Mar
'07
10:36 p.m.
Brett W. McCoy wrote:
I think it's still illegal unless you have
specific permission from
the copyright holder, regardless of whetehr or not you are selling it.
Posting a cover tune online may fall under the "public performance"
rights law. Look out how freaked out they get over tablature put
online...
Yes, I think you're correct ... which is probably what motivated me to
ask in the first place :) I suppose offering to pay <someone> a small
amount of money would make life so complicated it'd be easier not to.
Oh well, if nothing else, it'll motivate me to dump the cover tunes and
replace them with some old folk songs and some stuff I've written myself.
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Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
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