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Posted by Lee Hollaar on 01/11/06 02:43
In article <9OZwf.82121$tV6.54867@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> writes:
>> 1) Arrangements...
>> If you arrange a song which is protected by copyright, the copyright
>> owner automatically owns your arrangement. You cannot publish
>> or perform it or distribute recordings of it without their permission.
>
>Well, your answer is half-right. ;)
>
>An arrangement can constitute a protectable work of authorship. It is,
>however, a derivative work of the original. Though you would own the
>copyright in the arrangement, ...
The subject matter of copyright as specified by section 102
includes compilations and derivative works, but protection for
a work employing preexisting material in which copyright subsists
does not extend to any part of the work in which such material
has been used unlawfully.
17 U.S.C. 103(a).
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