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Posted by James on 01/11/06 12:27
"Seth Jackson" <a@mindspring.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:17:58 GMT, "PTravel"
> <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote:
> >Sorry, but that's completely wrong. There is a compulsory license
provided
> >for recording covers. However, arrangements are derivative works, and
the
> >right to prepare derivative works is one of the rights reserved to
copyright
> >owners. If you prepare a derivative work without permission, you cannot
> >publicly perform it (another reservered right).
>
> I guess you'd have to define "arrangement". Would it be considered a
> new arrangement if were to perform, say, "Johnny B. Goode" with a band
> that included a horn section?
I've always considered an "arrangement" to mean the totality of how the
instrument(s) involved perform the song. An arrangement doesn't have to be
written down, bands have played "head arrangements" forerver.
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