[HANASHIR:15671] RE: copyrights...

[Adrian Durlester <adrian...>]

Erik:

Thanks for writing that copyright reminder--you saved the me trouble of
having to say it, yet again. No matter how good your intentions, it is still
wrong, legally, ethically and morally, to disregard Jewish and secular
intellectual property law. If it's "too much work" to get the permission,
then don't do the project.

On the other hand, with all due respect....have you missed the last six
years or so while we have continually bandied about the idea of a Jewish
Music Clearinghouse and Musician's cooperative on this list? Yes, there are
takers, and we are beginning to explore the possibilities.

The Initiatives page at the Hava Nashira web site
http://www.ehavanashira.org/initiativesl.htm provides of brief summary of
the four major projects currently under consideration-

A Grammy Category for Contemporary Jewish Music
A Jewish Music Clearing House (ala Harry Fox or the Church Music Publishers
Assn)
A Jewish Musician's Collective Part I-CD Marketing, Distribution and Order
Fulfillment
Jewish Musician's Collective Part II--Business and management Services

These ideas are actively being worked on. If anyone on this list is
interested in working on these initiatives, please let me know (Privately,
off list, please).

B'vracha,

Adrian
Adrian A. Durlester, MTS
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Director of Education & Congregational Life, Bethesda Jewish Congregation,
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Co-Director, Hazamir/JTAI Choir of Greater DC
Past Conf Chair, CAJE 27, August 4-8, 2002, Trinity University, San Antonio,
TX
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org] On
Behalf Of erik contzius
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:01 AM
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:15670] copyrights...


dear friends,

just fyi, just because someone prints "for educational
use only" or just because you give a cd away and say
that your gift is for a non-profit organization does
NOT exempt one from the present copyright laws. if
you're going to mass produce ANY composition by a
composer whose copyright is still good and not in the
public domain, you are obligated to get permission to
record the composition.

of course, in the real world here, it is most unlikely
that any of the folk you'll be recording will either
(a) never find out about your recording or (b) never
take you to task for it. HOWEVER, in the spirit of
derekh eretz and making jewish/religious recordings, a
better effort should probably be made (imho) than,
"well, i won't get caught."

you'd also be surprised how many people who hold the copyrights, when asked
in the right way, are more than willing to give permission.

there should be a record label out there called,
"Kosher Productions" which help recording artists
secure recording rights more easily--then, you'll have
a "Kosher" cd. any takers??

erik


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