Re: Copyright (slightly off-topic)

[lance glover <baumhaus@earthlink.net>]

CarlJacobson@cakewalk.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> You do not have to obtain permission to cover a song live. Most venues in
> the US pay a blanket license to ASCAP, BMI (and in some cases SESAC). 
>This
> allows any music covered by those performance rights organizations to be
> played by anyone muysicians, DJs, jukeboxes, pumped in radio etc.  If the
> person isn't covered by one of those organizations, I would not worry 
>about
> it anyway unless they happen to know them and they would get angry at you
> for playing their songs.
>
> You do have to obtain a license from the song's publisher to cover it on 
>a
> recording. I can't remember the exact term for this license (statuatory,
> fair use, mandatory?)...(snip)

it's called a mechanical royalty. for as much info as you're likely to have
questions about, check out:

http://www.nmpa.org/hfa/faq_mechanical.html



best,
lance g.