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Originally Posted by eddiez152
Live Stone,
Nice to have you here and Welcome.
Steve,
Is like everything listed in PDM for use. Or do we stlll have to be careful ?
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Songs that are in the PD are available for use by anyone. But where to be careful is that there are artists who have recorded PD songs. To reproduce that recording or arrangement would be a copyright infringement: to reproduce the recording would be a statutory mechanical infringment just like distributing a production that is the IP of someone else. To reproduce the arrangement would be an infringment against the author or the holder of the orginal copyright for the arrangment.
Just for an example, if anyone decided to distribute Kirk's arrangment of Oh Susanna on video and/or in tab, they would be infringing on Kirk's right to distribute them, since he is the one who created them (we won't even get into the fact that Kirk would most likely be thrilled that it was being seen everywhere, but the fact remains that it is his IP and his right to make money from the distribution). If you learned his rendition of Oh Susanna note-for-note and then recorded and distributed that, he could take you to court (he's not going to most likely, but you get the idea!).
Steve