[HANASHIR:4214] Re: recording copyright question

[Rabbi Richard Schachet <lvrabbi...>]

This is a great answer-  I have already done this with Debby's music in a
Children's Defense Fund Service I wrote.
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From: SOUNDSRITE (at) aol(dot)com <SOUNDSRITE (at) aol(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: 18/mm/1999 10:37 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:4206] Re: recording copyright question


>Dear Susan, et al,
>
>People call our office several times a week in regard to the use of Debbie
>Friedman's music for projects similar to yours.  We are always delighted
when
>people call for permission and readily give it!  Since your recording will
be
>given away to congregants and no money will change hands, no royalty is
due.
>We do, however, request that the correct copyright information (which we
will
>provide) be printed on the accompanying J-card/CD booklet, etc.  We also
ask
>that you send us two copies of the completed product - we keep one on file
in
>our office so we can track where Debbie's work appears, and the other one
is
>forwarded to Debbie so she can see how and where her songs are used.  It is
>really exciting for us to see how Debbie's compositions are creatively used
>all over the world!
>
>This process is a very simple but valuable one.  It is important for the
>protection of Debbie's copyrights to credit her appropriately.  By calling
>us, people using the music are validating the professional stature of the
>artist.  Recipients of the recording  see that their leaders are respectful
>of the creative work of others, are using material with permission, and are
>educating the congregation about Jewish music and its composers.  Though
many
>people assume that some of this music that has been around a long time came
>down from Sinai with the Torah and is exempt from copyright issues, this is
>not the case!!!
>
>Thank you for asking this important question.  I look forward to hearing
from
>you and others about your projects.
>
>Randee Friedman, President
>Sounds Write Productions, Inc.
>www.soundswrite.com
>
>In a message dated 10/16/1999 4:11:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>sschanerman(dot)dvh (at) tuhsd(dot)k12(dot)az(dot)us writes:
>
><< Subj:     [HANASHIR:4189] recording copyright question
> Date:  10/16/1999 4:11:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time
> From:  sschanerman(dot)dvh (at) tuhsd(dot)k12(dot)az(dot)us (Susan Schanerman)
> Sender:    owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Reply-to:  hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> To:    hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org (hanashir)
>
> Copyright experts:
> My temple has asked me to make a tape of the Shabbat melodies that I
> generally sing at our services.  They plan to give (not sell) this to
> those who attend a temple retreat in November to help congregants learn
> the songs so that they can sing along at services.  If I credit the
> composers on the song index that fits in the cassette, am I doing
> anything wrong by not writing to the composers to get permission?  The
> tape is being used for educational reasons.
>
> Susan Schanerman
> Phoenix
>  >>
>
>
>



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