Questions tagged [music]
For questions about laws applying to musical works, recording and performance.
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Would it be legal to credit an original song to “traditional”?
Suppose I write a song which, as far as I know, is original and not derived from any other work. I record it and credit the composition to “traditional” rather than myself.
Assume I never claim ...
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Is looking up the lyrics for a song illegal?
I was dumbstruck when I found out today that apparently posting the lyrics to a song is copyright infringement. I literally asked ChatGPT for the lyrics to "Around the World" by Daft Punk, ...
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I forgot to BCC people in music promotion email [closed]
I am a small musician promoting a new song but forgot to put the recipients of a promotional email as BCC (I got the emails off of my presave list). One person has emailed me concerned about their ...
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Are entertainment venues in the US required to make sound level logs publicly available?
I read about France:
Another part of the regulations concerns information that must be provided to the public. Night clubs and venues that can host more than 300 people are now required to ...
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Legality of AI vocals from royalty-free music
I'm a fairly new music producer, and one of the inherent problems with it is that it means you have to do all the work yourself: sound design, any vocals, mixing, and mastering. There's quite a few ...
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student music arrangements
Can a student create an arrangement or medley of music compositions for an assignment(not shared publicly) without needing permission from the composer? If the student gives credit to the original ...
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Is it copyright infringement to use the same exact notes of another song if they are played at a different rhythm and sound completely different?
Basically wondering if it would be copyright infringement for a song to share the same 6 notes in the same order as an existing composition, provided the rhythm of the notes were different
For ...
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Dual Question: Are music transcription services legal? How to legally share/sell music transcriptions?
Is it legal to charge for the service of transcribing music for a customer? For example, if someone requests that I transcribe a copyrighted song for them, is it legal for me to do this and charge a ...
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How do people get away with old TV clips in music?
For example, old news coverage from decades ago (landing on the moon, things like that). Presumably there are copyright laws but such clips may be in songs, including clips of well known anchors ...
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Can I put "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" on my album cover (which is not a soundtrack)?
If I wrote an album with a soundtrack-"feel" to it, which (crucially) is not a real motion picture soundtrack, would I be allowed to put "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" on the ...
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Is it illegal to perform a song from sheet music that I transcribed?
So I have been transcribing a copyrighted song (as a HOBBY) that I love and was thinking about using it as a graduation song for my music school, but I’ve had to make some tweaks because there are ...
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Is it legal to arrange music I don't have rights to if it is never performed?
I had the idea to transcribe and arrange the music from the musical Ride the Cyclone for a wind ensemble for my school. I got in contact with the company that owns the license (Broadway Licensing) to ...
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Copyrighted Music, Personal Use, and not-for-profit Video Games?
I am creating a video game that is open-source and will be distributed for free (i.e. not-for-profit) on itch.io.
I would like to use a copyrighted song as part of the background music.
My question is,...
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Can a song be used in a presentation for work?
Does it fall under that Fair Use Act of 1976 to include a song as the intro to a presentation for work if the presentation is being given for educational/teaching purposes?
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Who owns the copyright in this case?
As a layman interested in the law, I'm facing a bit of a conundrum posed by my cousin.
Here are the facts:
A records company, M Ltd, has created (e.g. written code for, trained etc.) an AI that can ...
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