[HANASHIR:14902] RE: Cd's

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Under US Copyright Law, in order to distribute CDs of copyrighted songs which 
have previously been recorded and distributed to the public, you would need 
specific 'permission' to duplicate them without paying the full 'mechanical' 
royalty (currently $.08/song/copy for songs under 5 minutes), but you don't 
need 
advance 'permission' if you are going to pay the standard 'mechanical rights' 
royalty to the copyright holder.  You can send them a 'Notice of Intention to 
Obtain a Compulsory License' and pay the fees (generally, this can be done 
through the house which duplicates the CDs).

It can cost thousands of dollars to produce a decent CD.  If you press 500 
CDs, you owe each copyright holder a grand total of $40/song.  It's a very 
small 
price to pay for the creative inspiration which made that track possible.

Michael

-------- REPLY, Original message follows --------

> Date: Wednesday, 16-Jul-03 09:45 PM
> 
> From: Adrian Durlester         \ Internet:    (adrian (at) durlester(dot)com)
> To:   Hanashir Mail Server     \ Internet:    (hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org)
> 
> Subject:  [HANASHIR:14873] RE: Cd's
> 
> Sender: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Reply-to:       hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> To:     hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> 
> Simply put-YES, you do need permission, if the song is still protected by
> copyright. And, Jewishly, you need to at least make the effort to try and
> get it, although you may not succeed on every tune.
> 
> Pay a visit to http://www.cmpamusic.org/html/main.isx?sub=5  and
> 
> http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/copyright1.html
> 
> And I once again renew my call for us to create a Jewish Music clearinghouse
> similar to the one operated by the Church Music Publishers Assn.
> 
> -Adrian
> 
> Adrian A. Durlester, MTS
> E-mail: adrian (at) durlester(dot)com  www.durlester.com
> Director of Education & Congregational Life, Bethesda Jewish Congregation,
> Bethesda, MD
> www.bethesdajewish.com
> Co-Director, Hazamir/JTAI Choir of Greater DC
> Past Conf Chair, CAJE 27, August 4-8, 2002, Trinity University, San Antonio,
> TX
> List Owner, hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org; Jewish Songleaders/Performers List
> www.ehavanashira.org
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
> shamash(dot)org] On
> Behalf Of dbogard (at) macalester(dot)edu
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:03 PM
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:14868] Cd's
> 
> 
> Hi all---I'm a camp songleader and have a question that I think other 
> people might be interested in, too.
> 
> We're making a CD of camp songs that the kids are recording----
> 
> If we are NOT doing this for a profit, do I still need to secure 
> permission to record other people's songs?
> 
> Thanks a lot
> Daniel Bogard
> dbogard (at) macalester(dot)edu
> 
> 
> 
> 
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