Klarinet Archive - Posting 000992.txt from 1999/11

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Permission to record CD
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 02:52:14 -0500

Jay Webler wrote,
in part: > If I choose to record a piece of Music, > such as the Mozart or
Weber Concertos, > and I make a CD on my computer, which > I decide to sell
at a Garage sale (since it > probably didn't sell in the stores), what >
obligations do I incur? > > Do I have to pay a royalty fee or > something
similar.

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No, there are no royalty fees if you did the arrangement yourself on a
public domain work. There are fees if you are playing from someone's
arrangement (say Peters edition). Specifically - if I want to do say the
Bernstein Sonata's Accompaniment, I would have to get permission to record
it, get a license to perform it for profit. Harry Fox is the agency that
runs the show.
PS. Harry Fox is also the agency that shut down the Laura's Midi site. I
was one of the 3 main Pianists for that site in the Classical area. She was
shut down for having pieces (musicals) that were very much still in
copyright on the page. Cost her quite a bit of money.

David Blumberg
music@-----.com
http://www.mytempo.com
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