Archive for the ‘Recordings’ Category
Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Several years ago, our small ensemble hired a composer to arrange and re-orchestrate a work for us to play. The work itself, which is still under copyright, was originally written and arranged for a large orchestra. Recently, we made a video of our group performing the […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, copyright, copyright infringement, engagements, Goldstein, orchestrations, performance license, permission, youtube
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Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I have read your clearly stated articles about mechanical use and rights. What about “fair use”? Aren’t there specific scenarios where permission is not needed to use a recording of someone else’s music? Beware of what you ask. You are about to open a box whereupon […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, copyright, copyright act, copyright infringement, copyright law, creator, Education, excerpts, Goldstein, image, marketing, music, parody, permission, public domain, recording
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A successful duo I represent has recorded a CD which is being released by a record company. Although the artist made attempts to obtain a contract, because of time restraints, according to the record company, it was only possible to give a contract AFTER the recording […]
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Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A few weeks ago you wrote a great article about how to obtain a mechanical license when someone wants to record music. But what about using a recording that already exists? We would like to promote an upcoming concert at our venue by putting some recordings […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, composer, composition, compositions, copyright, copyright law, Film, Goldstein, license, mechanical license, music, musician, payment, permission, public domain, record label, recording, venue
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Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Does all music (if not in public domain) require a mechanical license to be recorded? I don’t quite understand when it is needed and when a person could pay a statutory fee and move forward without permission. Yes, anytime you want to make an audio recording […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, copyright, copyright act, Goldstein, license, live performance, mechanical license, music, musical composition, permission, public domain, recording, statutory fee, statutory requirements, synchronization license, u s copyright office
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder, I am a music professor at a medium-sized state college. We have two questions with regard to live streaming some of our concerts and recitals. We, of course, have paid the ASCAP and BMI licenses/fees to cover the rights for live performances. I believe the licensing […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, composer, copyright, Education, Goldstein, license, Licensing, live performance, live performances, music, Non-Profits, performer, permission, recitals
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: May we loan music that we own for orchestral performances by other non-profit organizations (schools, community orchestras, etc? Would the other group still need to obtain performing/recording permissions? Could we be liable if they don’t? It depends how define “own.” If by “own”, you mean that […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, community orchestras, copyright, copyright infringement, copyrightable material, Goldstein, Liable, license, orchestra, orchestral performances, orchestras, ownership, permission, recording, sheet music
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. I own the video footage of a performance by a dance company. Recently, I learned that another choreographer purchased a license from the dance company to recreate and perform the same work. However, they used a copy of my video to help in recreating the choreography. In other words, they […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, choreographer, choreography, contract, copyright, creative works, dance, dance company, Goldstein, license, Licensing, ownership, performance rights, permission, playwright, royalty, video footage, videographer, videotape, videotapes, work
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein So glad I found your page on the internet, so far it’s been the most helpful out of all my Google searches! I have just a couple of questions. We are from Australia and I have a 14 year old son who has signed a recording contract in the US. Currently we are traveling […]
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Can you answer this question for us? My soon to be son-in-law is a musician. He has written and recorded many songs, and is producing his first CD. One of the songs on the CD, he had a female friend sing with him. If he plans to put this song on […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, contract, copyright, copyright infringement, Goldstein, license, manager, music, musician, ownership, permission, recording, release, royalties
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