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Thread #94341 Message #1827077
Posted By: Big Mick
04-Sep-06 - 08:51 PM
Thread Name: Sharing guitar tab online being banned!
Subject: RE: Sharing guitar tab online being banned!
would free speech or copyright infringment come into play
if i say or sing the words to a song out loud and then tell another party the Key and chord placments???
Nope, that is simply your interpretation of the song, I believe it would be covered by fair use.
or worse yet, show someone how to play the song on a
musical instrument?
Same thing
is it copyright infringement to tape record a radio program
or tv program?
Nope, once again this is covered by fair use. What would be illegal would be to sell that tape, in other words commercial use.
Hint: in case you forget, that was the SELLING POINT years ago
for tape recorders and later VCRs [record tv programs to view later] ..and then cd/dvd recorders [tv & movies]!
is it copyright infringment to play that recorded tape
or vcr tape to family or friends at a later date?
Nope, non commercial use. Technically if you charged admission for that screening, you would be in violation.
if i shell out $40 for a song book of lyrics and chords
can i let anyone else look at it or use it?
Sure, I think the disclaimers/warnings in the book allow that, again it would be a "fair use". What you couldn't do is photocopy it and sell those copies, or give them to someone for other than a "fair use". Giving copies a song to bandmates, for performance purposes, I believe, is fair use.
i let a friend borrow an instrument for a year he spent
in saudi arabia, he undoubtedly sang and played a lot
of songs on it - should he have sent in royalty payments?
C'mon, quit screwing around. Stop the bullshit.
i bought 500 records/cas tapes at an estate sale awhile back,
can i legally listen to them?
Absolutely. The person sold them to you, they are yours. Now if that person sold you copies, they would be in violation of the law, as would you.
can i legally re/sell them?
Yep, they are yours to sell or keep as you choose. What you can't do is copy them and sell the copies.