The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59731 Message #954337
Posted By: Charley Noble
17-May-03 - 10:26 AM
Thread Name: HELP: Personal Website Copyright Issues
Subject: RE: HELP: Personal Website Copyright Issues
Blackcatter - I like your approach! Thanks!
Now I need to sort out what to say about categories of my favorite songs:
1. My lyrics/My tune
2. My lyrics/Traditional tune
3. My lyrics/Someone else's tune
4. Someone else's lyrics/My tune
5. Someone's else's lyrics/Someone else's tune
6. My adapted lyrics/My adapted tune
7. Traditional lyrics/Traditional tune
1, 2, and 7 seem straight forward. However, I need to secure "used with permission" for 3, 4 and 5; they won't be posted until permission is granted.
6 is that murky muddle where a lot of what I do should be categorized; I'm thinking of composed songs/poems where I've made some changes to wording and some changes to the tune. A good example of this would be Henry Lawson's poem "The Outside Track' which I credit as follows: